Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance he plans to provide through tax support to (a) local newspapers in general, (b) the York Press, Yorkshire Post and Northern Echo and (c) other local newspapers; what his timetable is for introducing such support; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Government will consult on whether to introduce a business rates relief for all local newspapers in England to help them adapt to new technology and changing circumstances. Officials are now working on this and would welcome views from the sector and all interested parties to inform their work. The consultation will be published as soon as is practically possible.Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is per capita for people living in (a) London and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber of his Department's capital investment in (i) roads, (ii) railways, (iii) airports and (iv) all transport infrastructure between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
Answered by John Hayes
Estimates for different types of identifiable Department for Transport capital expenditure per head (excluding expenditure by local authorities, public corporations and other Government Departments) is derived from the HM Treasury Country and Regional Analysis at
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226805, where in the weblinks provided the information requested can be found on how much the Government has made available in adult skills funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices; and if he will place in the Library a table showing that information.
Answered by Nick Boles
I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 12 March 2015 to Question UIN 226806. Adult skills funding is made available to further education providers, not local areas. The funding system is demand led and money follows the learners.
Allocations for 2015-16 are available on the Skills Funding Agency website. Historic allocations are also available on the Skills Funding Agency website.
To offer accountability as to how allocations money is spent we publish tables showing a summary of learning associated with each provider. For York College in 2012/13, see row 1,235 in the link below:
It should be noted that in any given area, learners are supported by a range of different providers. For a summary of further education providers and their delivery in the York local authority in 2012/13, see rows 53,186 to 53,387 of the link below:
All provider and local authority tables are published in the FE Data Library:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for elective inpatient or day-case treatment at York Hospital (a) overall and (b) in each speciality in 2009-10 and each subsequent year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is not available in the format requested. Information available at Trust level is included in the attached table for York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cancer test results (a) at York Hospital and (b) in England in 2009-10 and each subsequent year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information is collected on waiting times from referral to test, but not from test to test result and is published online at:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/
The collection includes all waits for 15 key diagnostic tests and procedures, but it is not possible to identify which were for suspected cancer.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many people and (b) what proportion of the workforce were employed on zero hours contracts in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) City of York local authority area, (iii) England and (iv) the UK in 2010 and each subsequent year; and what the average number of hours worked each week by such people was in each such year.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area had their housing allowance abated because of the under-occupancy penalty in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
The information requested by local authority and parliamentary constituency in Great Britain is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
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
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, who has been invited to represent the Church of England at the service at Leicester Cathedral for the reburial of King Richard III.
Answered by Tony Baldry
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd & Rt Hon Justin Welby & Mrs Welby will be representing the Church of England at the reburial service for King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral on the 26 March. The local diocese will be represented by the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Tim Stevens alongside other senior clergy from across the country, local dignitaries, ecumenical guests and representatives of other faiths.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which services the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) declined to fund, in some or all cases, or restricted access to, for patients in their area, which were funded without such restriction for patients living in other CCG areas in 2013 and in each subsequent year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
This information is not collected centrally.