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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, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York Unitary Authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since.

Mr David Laws

The following table provides the pupil to teacher ratios (PTR) in publicly-funded primary and secondary schools in York local authority, in each January, 2008 to 2010 and November 2010 to 2012, which is the latest information available. 2013 figures will be available in late July 2014.

Figures for November 2010 and later are not comparable to those in January 2010 and earlier due to the change in the data collection to the School Workforce Census .

	York
	Primary PTR[1]	Secondary PTR1
January
2008	21.4	15.7
2009	21.6	15.7
2010	21.8	15.3
November
2010[2]	24.6	16.0
2011[3]	23.7	15.5
2012	22.8	15.0

Source: School Workforce Census and School Census

[1] Up to January 2010 PTRs are calculated by dividing the total full time equivalent (FTE) number of sole registered pupils on roll in schools by the total FTE number of qualified teachers regularly employed in schools. From November 2010 figures are calculated using the FTE number of sole and dual registered pupils on roll.

[2] In the November 2010 the source of the teacher numbers upon which the PTR is calculated was changed to the School Workforce Census. The completeness of the November 2010 teacher numbers for York local authority is in question as teacher numbers fell compared with the previous January 2010 figure based on the School Census and this is reflected in the higher PTR figures for the year. Subsequent teacher numbers reported by the authority in 2012 have seen the numbers return to previous levels.

[3] Excludes one secondary school in York which did not provide a return for inclusion in these figures.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were for alcohol-related illnesses in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area and (c) England in 2008-09 and in each year since.

Jane Ellison

The following tables contain the sum of the estimated alcohol attributable fractions (AAFs) for admissions for patients in (a) York (b) North Yorkshire and York primary care trust (PCT) area and (c) England over for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13.

It should be noted that these figures are not a count of people and represent an estimated number of admissions that were attributable to alcohol.

AAFs are based on the proportion of a given diagnosis or injury that is estimated to be attributed to alcohol. Some diagnoses or injuries will, by definition, be wholly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF of one, others will only be partly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF greater than zero, but less than one. Diagnoses or injuries that are not attributable at all to alcohol will have an AAF of zero.

These figures are derived by summing all AAFs for the relevant admissions and should therefore only be interpreted as an estimate of the number of admissions that can be attributed to alcohol.

In addition, partially AAFs are not applicable to children aged under 16 years, therefore figures for this age group relate only to wholly – attributable admissions.

The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care – Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2014 report manually implemented new methodology against the 2012-13 data in their report. However, no change to the underlying Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data has been currently made.

Sum of partially and wholly alcohol attributable fractions¹ for finished admission episodes (FAEs)² for patients for York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, North Yorkshire and York PCT of treatment and England for 2008-09 to 2012-13³

York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust	Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Total
2008-09	1,185	3,775.21	4,960.21
2009-10	1,259	3,673.31	4,932.31
2010-11	1,268	4,065.70	5,333.70
2011-12	1,225	3,952.58	5,177.58
2012-13	2,217	7,936.95	10,153.95

North Yorkshire and York PCT	Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Total
2008-09	2,669	7,480.90	10,149.90
2009-10	3,029	9,246.72	12,275.72
2010-11	3,124	10,340.52	13,464.52
2011-12	3,097	10,846.87	13,943.87
2012-13	2,930	11,465.32	14,395.32

England	Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)1	Total
2008-09	237,820	707,649.50	945,469.50
2009-10	265,246	791,716.34	1,056,962.34
2010-11	287,198	881,067.56	1,168,265.56
2011-12	304,206	916,087.40	1,220,293.40
2012-13	294,786	937,677.63	1,232,463.63

Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

Notes:

¹Alcohol –related admissions

The number of alcohol-related admissions is based on the methodology developed by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO), which uses 48 indicators for alcohol-related illnesses, determining the proportion of a wide range of diseases and injuries that can be partly attributed to alcohol as well as those that are, by definition, wholly attributable to alcohol. Further information on these proportions can be found at:

www.nwph.net/nwpho/publications/AlcoholAttributableFractions.pdf

The AAF is set to 1 (100%) where the admission is considered to be entirely due to alcohol, e.g. in the case of alcoholic liver disease – these records are described as wholly alcohol attributable. The AAF is set to a value greater than 0 but less than 1 according to the NWPHO definition, e.g. the alcohol fraction of an admission with a primary diagnosis of C00 – malignant neoplasm of lip, where the patient is male and between 65 and 74 is 0.44 – these records are described as partly alcohol attributable.

These wholly and partly AAFs can be aggregated to supply an estimate of activity which can be considered wholly or partly attributable to alcohol.

Partly AAFs are not applicable to children under 16. Therefore figures for this age group relate only to wholly-attributable admissions, where the attributable fraction is one.

²Finished admissions episodes

A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

³Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)

HES 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), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.

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

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.

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pay for teachers was in York Unitary Authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since.

Mr David Laws

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 10 July 2013, Official Report 297W, which provided the gross average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in local authority maintained schools in cash terms and real terms for York local authority, in each March, 1997 to 2009 and November 2010 to November 2011.

The gross average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools in cash terms and real terms for York local authority, in November 2012 is £36,300 in both cash and real terms (rounded to the nearest £100). 2013 figures will be available in late July 2014. Publicly-funded schools include both local authority maintained schools and academies. The source of this information is the November 2012 School Workforce Census.

Real terms figures were calculated from HMT GDP deflators, financial year, published on 1 April 2014 at the following web link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport grant was given to York Unitary Authority in each year since 2008-09.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Department for Transport provides grant funding to local highway authorities, including the City of York. Funding allocated to the City of York since 2008/09 for transport purposes that the Department has records of is listed below:

Year	Capital £m	Revenue £m
2008/09	5.941	1.837
2009/10	6.219	0.738
2010/11	4.551	1.345
2011/12	3.899	0.421
2012/13	6.886	0.647
2013/14	16.997	0.932
2014/15	6.001	0.685

This funding is for Highways Maintenance, Integrated Transport, Local Sustainable Transport and Major Projects.

Since 2010 this Government has simplified funding arrangements to local authorities in order to provide them with greater flexibility in how the funding is spent to respond to local needs.

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 much his Department has spent on the Warm Front scheme in York local authority area in each year since the inception of that scheme.

Gregory Barker

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 9^th July 2013.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel spending in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2008-09.

Stephen Hammond

The total amount spent by York City Council on concessionary travel, including the statutory concession and any relevant discretionary enhancements, is detailed in the table below:

	2008 – 09	2009 – 10	1010 – 11	2011 – 12	2012 – 13
York City Council spend on concessionary travel (£000s)	5,013	5,307	4,902	4,633	4,826

Figures for 2013/14 are still being collated.

Local authority formula grant has been the main vehicle for providing concessionary travel funding to local authorities since the current statutory concession’s introduction in 2008. Since this grant is unhypothecated it is not possible to provide a breakdown by authority.

In 2008 the Department for Transport provided English authorities with a total of £31 million to assist in the reissuing of concessionary passes, £130,972 of which was allocated to York City Council.

Between April 2008 and April 2011 the Department made Special Grant payments to authorities, in addition to the formula grant they were already receiving, recognising the additional cost of the extension to pre-2008 concessionary travel arrangements. The following table indicates the amount of funding available to York in each of the three years during which special grant was paid.

	2008 / 09	2009 / 10	2010 / 11
Special grant funding available to York City Council:	1,112	1,138	1,170

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 (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.

Gregory Barker

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 9^th July 2013.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many serious and fatal road accidents there were in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2008-09.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The number of fatal and serious reported personal injury road accidents in York Unitary Authority for each of the calendar years 2008 to 2013 are given in the table below; by severity:

Number of reported personal injury road accidents in York Unitary Authority, by severity: 2008-2013

	Fatal	Serious
2008	9	71
2009	4	51
2010	4	56
2011	7	51
2012	4	45
2013	0	55