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Written Question
Children: Day Care
Friday 20th March 2015

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per hour of childcare was (a) in a nursery and (b) with a child minder in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) City of York local authority area and (iii) England in 2010 and each subsequent year.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The Department for Education does not record childcare costs for parents at constituency or local authority level. Furthermore, the Department does not record day care or child minder costs on an annual basis.

The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers survey (2010) indicated that the average hourly fee charged by full day care providers for three-year-olds was £3.60. The same survey conducted in 2013 indicated a figure of £3.90 for three and four-year-olds. The average hourly child minder fee for children of any age was £3.80 in 2010 and £4.10 in 2013. These surveys are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2010

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013

The Family and Childcare Trust also conduct annual childcare cost surveys; these are available at:

http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys


Written Question
Teachers: York
Monday 2nd March 2015

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

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 2008-09.

Answered by David Laws

The following table provides the mean and median salaries (in cash terms) of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools for York local authority and England, in each March, 2009 and 2010 and November 2010 to November 2013. The source of this information is the Database of Teacher Records (March 2009 and 2010) and the School Workforce Census (November 2010 to 2013).

York

England

November 2013 [1]

Mean

£37,500

£38,100

Median

£37,100

£36,800

November 2012 [1],[2]

Mean

£36,300

£37,600

Median

£35,900

£36,800

November 2011 [1]

Mean

£37,200

£37,900

Median

£36,800

£36,800

November 2010 [1]

Mean

£37,600

£38,000

Median

£36,800

£36,800

March 2010 [3]

Mean

£35,900

£37,900

Median

£35,100

£36,600

March 2009 [2]

Mean

£36,800

£36,900

Median

£36,600

£35,900

[1] Source: School Workforce Census.

[2] November 2013 figures exclude one large academy in York.

[3] Source: Database of Teacher Records.


Written Question
Schools: York
Tuesday 27th January 2015

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital the Government has provided for investment in York schools in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by David Laws

The following table shows capital funding for the financial years 2005-06 onwards.

£ million

City of York

Capital allocations1

PFI (private finance initiative) credits2

2005-06

10.7

2006-07

23

2007-08

19.3

2008-09

26.7

2009-10

23.1

2010-11

18.4

2011-12

8.0

n/a

2012-13

8.7

n/a

2013-14

8.5

n/a

2014-15 (provisional)

6.5

n/a

Notes
1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
2. PFI credit allocations, where applicable are counted at financial close. PFI credits were not made after 2010-11.

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

4. Capital allocations are made to York Unitary Authority for local authority maintained schools.
5. — indicates that no funding was given in that year.

The capital figures provided show the capital funding allocated to York City Council and its schools through all of the Department for Education’s capital programmes over the period requested. These figures include the formulaic capital allocations such as those for Basic Need and Capital Maintenance, and those for more targeted programmes such as the Primary Capital Programme and Building Schools for the Future.

Since the formation of the Education Funding Agency in April 2012 major efficiency savings have been made in the cost of building new schools. We have seen the cost of new schools cut by about 35% compared to schools procured under the Building Schools for the Future programme.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. What have the Government done to make schools more energy-efficient and to make pupils more aware of the need to cut carbon emissions? Will the Secretary of State voice her support today for the run on sun campaign of Friends of the Earth to install solar panels in schools?..."
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Written Question
Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) York local authority and (B) Yorkshire and the Humber in (1) cash terms and (2) at 2014 prices in 1995-96 and in each year since.

Answered by David Laws

As York only became a local authority in 1996-97 as a result of local government reorganisation, comparable funding data is only available from this date.

Average per pupil revenue funding figures, from the Department for Education to local authorities, for pupils aged 3-10 (primary) and 11-15 (secondary) for York specifically, and the Yorkshire and Humber region on average, for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 are as follows. These figures are in cash terms:

Average Per Pupil Revenue Funding

(cash)

1997- 98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

York LA (primary)

1,866

2,002

2,184

2,397

2,574

2,702

2,893

3,064

3,337

York LA (secondary)

2,608

2,751

2,909

3,242

3,423

3,575

3,699

3,970

4,227

Yorkshire and Humber average (primary)

1,943

2,086

2,288

2,539

2,766

2,931

3,220

3,400

3,689

Yorkshire and Humber average (secondary)

2,724

2,859

3,047

3,376

3,629

3,806

4,004

4,280

4,563

These figures are in real terms using March 2014 GDP deflators in 2012-13 prices:

Average Per Pupil Revenue Funding

(real)

1997- 98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

York LA (primary)

2,632

2,771

2,965

3,230

3,377

3,465

3,639

3,751

4,012

York LA (secondary)

3,679

3,808

3,949

4,369

4,491

4,584

4,653

4,859

5,082

Yorkshire and Humber average (primary)

2,741

2,887

3,106

3,422

3,630

3,758

4,050

4,161

4,435

Yorkshire and Humber average (secondary)

3,842

3,957

4,136

4,549

4,762

4,880

5,036

5,239

5,486

Per pupil are figures using standard spending assessment (SSA)/education formula share (EFS) allocations and pupils aged 3-15.

With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer comparable with previous years.

The 1997-98 to 2005-06 figures are based on EFS which formed the education part of the local government finance settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. The DSG is based largely on a local authority's previous spending. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and a local education authority (LEA) block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the EFS school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG's local government finance settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department's time series as the two sets of data are not comparable.

To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department has isolated the EFS school block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of ‘education' funding in that year.

Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:

Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)

2005-06
(baseline)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

York LA

3680

3860

4120

4340

4530

4740

4660

4660

Yorkshire & Humber

3890

4120

4410

4610

4810

5050

4960

4960

These are in real terms using June 2014 GDP deflators in 2013-14 prices:

Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)

2005-06
(baseline)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

York LA

4,420

4,500

4,690

4,810

4,890

4,990

4790

4740

Yorkshire & Humber

4,670

4,820

5,020

5,110

5,190

5,310

5100

5040

Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund etc. and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.

These figures do not include pupil premium funding given to schools.

With the changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014, i.e. funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for York LA.

DSG schools block per pupil funding

2013-2014

2014-2015

York LA (cash)

4,209

4,209

York LA (real)*

4,209

4,118

Yorkshire & Humber average (cash)

4,534

4,534

Yorkshire & Humber average (real)*

4,534

4,436

*Real terms figures shown in 2013-14 prices using GDP deflators at 27.06.14

These figures do not include pupil premium funding given to schools.

Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the Premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for Free School Meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium per pupil (£)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Free School Meal Pupil Primary

488

623

953

1300

Free School Meal Pupil Secondary

488

623

900

935

Service Children

200

250

300

300

Looked After Children

488

623

900

1900*

*Also includes children adopted from care

Total Pupil Premium allocations for York local authority and the Yorkshire and Humberside region for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

York

1.284

2.567

3.945

5.116

Yorkshire and Humberside

65.644

126.372

198.494

256.150

These figures are in real terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

York

1.320

2.611

3.945

5.006

Yorkshire and Humberside

67.497

128.551

198.494

250.636

Price Base: Real terms at 2013-14 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 27.06.2014

Capital funding:

The table below shows capital funding for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless.Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.

Capital allocations1

PFI credits2

£m

York

Yorkshire and the Humber

York

Yorkshire and the Humber

1996-97

0.8

57.5

-

-

1997-98

1.3

52.1

-

-

1998-99

1.8

90.7

-

2.0

1999-2000

4.5

151.3

-

62.8

2000-01

7.4

243.3

-

86.0

2001-02

4.8

245.2

-

45.2

2002-03

9.2

310.5

-

1.1

2003-04

11.1

305.4

-

188.9

2004-05

11.4

322.9

15.4

273.2

2005-06

10.7

381.1

-

-

2006-07

23

273.7

-

255.4

2007-08

12.9

311

-

179.2

2008-09

12.8

303

-

4.5

2009-10

14.8

419.8

-

423.8

2010-11

18.4

406.7

-

348.7

2011-12

8

246.7

-

-

2012-13

8.7

186.1

-

-

2013-14

8.5

242.1

-

-

Notes:

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

2. PFI credit allocations are counted at financial close.

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

4. “-“ indicates that no funding was given in that year.

Yorkshire and the Humber also received £3.7 million in 2004-05, £5.2 million in 2005-06, £8.2 million in 2006-07, £69.3 million in 2007-08, £68.5 million in 2008-09, £90.7 million in 2009-10, £294.7 million in 2010-11, £190.9 million in 2011-12, £107.6 million in 2012-13 and £39.8 million in 2013-14 under the Building Schools for the Future Programme. Of this, York received £6.4 million in 2007-08, £13.9 million in 2008-09 and £8.3 million in 2009-10.

In addition to this, there are 30 schools being built under this Government's Priority Schools Building Programme in the Yorkshire and Humber region, attracting approximately £290 million investment over the life of the programme.


Written Question
Teachers: York
Wednesday 9th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

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.

Answered by 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


Written Question
Teachers: York
Tuesday 8th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the gross average salary was of a full-time teacher in local authority schools in the City of York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in 1995-96 and in each year since.

Answered by 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 local authority maintained schools in cash terms and real terms for York local authority, in November 2012 is £36,200 in both cash and real terms (rounded to the nearest £100). Figures cover all primary, secondary and special local authority maintained schools that were open but exclude academies. 2013 figures will be available in late July 2014. 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


Written Question
Higher Education: York
Tuesday 8th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much mainstream grant funding was allocated by the Training and Development Agency for Schools to (a) the University of York and (b) York St John University in (i) cash terms and (ii) at constant prices in 2000-01 and in each year since.

Answered by David Laws

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 July 2013, Official Report column 232w.

The latest figures available are provided below.

Mainstream Funding (£)

Mainstream Funding (£)

Academic Year

University of York

York St John

2013/14

0

610,470


Written Question
Class Sizes: York
Tuesday 8th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

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.

Answered by 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.


Written Question
Schools: York
Tuesday 8th July 2014

Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff there were in York Unitary Authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since.

Answered by David Laws

The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in publicly-funded schools in York local authority in January 2008 to 2010 and November 2010 to 2012.

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.

January

November

2008

2009

2010

2010

2011[1]

2012

Teachers[2]

1,357

1,339

1,358

1,250

1,268

1,354

Teaching Assistants[3]

561

590

578

..

628

681

Support Staff[2]

344

325

358

..

329

386

.. Not available

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

[2] Sources: Form 618g up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.

[3] Sources: School Census up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.