Tag: Hugh Bayley

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on NHS general dental services in North Yorkshire in 2008-09 and in each year since.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The information is not available in the format requested.

The total amount spent on general dental services and personal dental services contracts by the former North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) for 2008-09 to 2012-13 is shown in the following table:

General and Personal Dental Services	£000s
2008-09	38,857
2009-10	40,632
2010-11	41,773
2011-12	43,438
2012-13	46,694

Source: NHS Summarisation schedules

Notes:

1. General dental services cannot be separately identified in the published figures. The total gross expenditure for general dental service and personal dental service contracts is categorised between either independent contractor led contracts or on salaried led services provided by the PCT.

2. Contractor led contracts are all primary care dental services commissioned from practitioners or corporate bodies where payments are processed on the PCT’s behalf by the Dental Services division of the NHS Business Services Authority. Salaried led services include the cost of any dental or support staff directly employed by the PCT and personal dental services or PCT dental services that are directly managed by PCTs or commissioned from other National Health Service trusts either within or outside their area.

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 with a person aged 75 or over in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area were eligible for a free television licence in the last year for which data is available.

Steve Webb

The information requested is not held.