Tag: Hugh Bayley

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to City of York Council for (a) local authority supported capital expenditure in housing stock and (b) major repairs allowance in each year since 2009-10.

Brandon Lewis

The information requested is as follows:

Year	Major Repairs Allowance (£)
2009-10	5,127,440
2010-11	5,242,423
2011-12	5,185,387
2012-13	5,266,485

The local authority received £1 million in Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Following our reform and decentralisation of the Housing Revenue Account in April 2012, the system has fundamentally changed and no longer operates in that manner outlined in the Hon Member’s question. Councils now manage their housing stock without annual payments to or from central government. They now keep their rental income and use it to fund their housing stock (called ‘self-financing’).

In 2012, the move to self-financing included a one-off settlement payment to, or from, each council, giving each a level of debt it can support, based on a valuation of its council housing stock. Where the valuation was lower than the amount of housing debt supported through the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system, the government paid off the difference. Where the valuation was higher than the debt supported by the Housing Revenue Account subsidy, the council paid the difference to the government.

These payments were based on a valuation of each council’s stock, using a 30-year discounted cash flow model of income and expenditure. The costs in the model assumed that councils will need to spend on average 15 per cent more on managing, maintaining and repairing their stock than was assumed under the subsidy system. The self-financing settlement took into account an assessment of local authorities’ needs, including major repairs.

These reforms have given councils the resources, incentives and flexibility they need to manage their own housing stock for the long term and to improve quality and efficiency, and they have also provided a clearer relationship between the rent a landlord collects and the services they provide.

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, what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 2008-09; and what funding his Department provided to City of York local authority to increase recycling rates in each of those years.

Dan Rogerson

The proportion of household waste collected in City of York which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is presented in the table below:

Year	Percentage (Rounded)
2008/9	45%
2009/10	43%
2010/11	45%
2011/12	46%
2012/13	46%

The proportion of all waste collected by City of York Council (household and non-household) which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is as follows:

Year	Percentage (Rounded)
2008/09	44%
2009/10	42%
2010/11	44%
2011/12	46%
2012/13	45%

These statistics are taken from data submitted by the Council.

Local authorities receive revenue support grant and council tax to fund waste collection and disposal. These funds are not ring-fenced. We have no record of funding to York City Council specifically to increase recycling rates over this period.

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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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]

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 has been spent on biodiversity on the public forest estate in each year since 2004-05.

Dan Rogerson

While all sustainable forest management on the public forest estate can benefit biodiversity, the following table shows the money spent by the Forestry Commission specifically for the benefit of biodiversity:

Financial year	Spend on public forest estate (£)
2004-05	2,719,442
2005-06	3,673,847
2006-07	4,785,114
2007-08	3,871,339
2008-09	4,456,223
2009-10	4,787,026
2010-11	5,196,665
2011-12	4,132,597
2012-13	3,730,628
2013-14	3,831,024

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 total cost incurred by his Department was of appeals against employment and support allowance decisions in 2010 and in each year since.

Mike Penning

We have taken action to reduce the cost of appeals by reforming the DWP appeal process. Mandatory reconsideration, where we look again at individual decisions before it goes to a tribunal, alongside our wider reforms to streamline the system are designed to avoid the need for expensive appeals.

We have seen a significant reduction in the volume of appeals. During the first quarter of this year appeals against ESA decisions decreased by almost 90 per cent, compared to the same time last year. We expect that this will be reflected in a lower total cost incurred by this Department in 2014/15.

The operating costs incurred by the Department for appeals against ESA decisions prior to 2014/15 are as follows:

	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
ESA Appeals	£16,464,859	£19,651,619	£28,678,396

In addition to these costs the Department has paid the following amounts to HMCTS. These costs are for the number of appeals against ESA decisions that HMCTS have handled which are in excess of the volume for which they have been funded for in their baseline funding.

	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
Total Costs payable to HMCTS	£26,157,701	£29,291,646	£41,179,738

Note: Comparable data is not available prior to 2011/12.

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.