Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area have a prepayment electricity meter.
Answered by Amber Rudd
DECC do not collect or hold data at this level of disaggregation.
From DECC’s domestic meter point data, there were 77,000 domestic standard electricity meters and an additional 10,000 economy 7 meters in the York Unitary Authority in 2013. Data is not published for the York Central constituency:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data
DECC estimate that 17% of standard electricity customers in Yorkshire, used prepayment meters in the latest quarter. This data is only available at the public electricity supply (PES) region level. Data is not available for the York central constituency or the York Unitary Authority Area:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were retrofitted with cavity wall insulation, lagging or other measures to conserve energy in 2010 and each subsequent year.
Answered by Amber Rudd
The Department does not publish a breakdown of measures installed by measure type, geography nor by Government schemes prior to the start of ECO. However, the provisional number of measures delivered under ECO in York Central constituency was 1,332, up to end September 2014. In York Unitary Authority there were 2,074 measures delivered under ECO, up to end September 2014.
The statistics referred to can be found in Table 1.11a and 1.11b at:
The next quarterly release covering the period up to the end of December 2014 will be published on 19th March 2015.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Questions 226471 and 226472, if he will publish by way of further written Answer the further information he has requested from NATO before the dissolution of the present Parliament.
Answered by David Lidington
NATO has recently adopted a more open policy to the publication of financial information. The UK has welcomed this move towards improved accountability and governance.
Twenty four sets of accounts for common funded expenditure by NATO and its agencies for 2013 have been completed. The International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) has finalised its audit for all but one. Three of the financial audit reports completed by IBAN were published in September 2014. A further three reports should be published in the coming weeks. NATO expects IBAN to audit the remaining accounts by the end of April 2015. The North Atlantic Council will make decisions on the public release of the remaining audit reports before the end of July 2015. NATO’s policy to release unclassified or declassified financial information was only agreed in January 2015 but it is not retrospective which is why none of the 2013 statements have been published so far.
The 2014 financial statements are currently being finalised but have yet to be audited. Based on the current timetable we would expect them to be released between autumn 2015 and summer 2016.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) couples and (b) single people living alone there were aged over (i) 65 and (ii) 80 in (A) York Central constituency and (B) City of York local authority area at the latest date for which figures are available.
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 ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) how much profit each of the six largest energy companies made and (b) how much of that profit they distributed to shareholders in (i) 2010 and (ii) each subsequent year.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Any information that the Department may hold is taken from publicly available sources such as the companies’ annual reports.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of air quality in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Information about recent and historic levels of pollution, pollution forecasts, health advice and background modelled data is available on the UK-AIR website: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk.
Defra has two monitoring stations in the City of York Local Authority area, both of which are located in the York Central constituency. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available at:
· York Fishergate: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00524
· York Bootham: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00523
Monitoring is supported by modelled data. Information on modelled background and roadside levels for major roads in the UK can be found at: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping.
The results of both monitoring and modelling for compliance with European Directives are assessed annually and reported to the EU. ‘Air Pollution in the UK’ reports from 2010 to the present can be found at: http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport.
Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment, the City of York Council undertakes additional monitoring. Information can be found at: http://www.jorair.co.uk/index.php?page=stations.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group spent on managing provider contracts in 2013 and in each subsequent year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
This information is not collected centrally.
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 were in receipt of one or more benefits for which carers are eligible in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area on (i) 1 April 2010 and (ii) the same date in each subsequent year.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
The full information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Information on Carer’s Allowance (CA) as at May each year is available, and this is shown in the table below:
CA caseload by entitlement and receipt: May 2010 to May 2014
Date | Total | CA Entitlement only | Claimant receiving CA | Unknown |
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May-10 | 1,060 | 540 | 520 | - |
May-11 | 1,090 | 510 | 590 | - |
May-12 | 1,080 | 490 | 590 | - |
May-13 | 1,110 | 480 | 620 | - |
May-14 | 1,120 | 450 | 660 | - |
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York Local Authority |
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May-10 | 2,020 | 1,070 | 950 | - |
May-11 | 2,050 | 1,030 | 1,020 | - |
May-12 | 2,030 | 1,010 | 1,020 | - |
May-13 | 2,050 | 980 | 1,060 | - |
May-14 | 2,050 | 920 | 1,130 | - |
Source: DWP 100% data
Notes:
1. "-" Denotes Nil or Negligible. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
2. Carers entitled to receive CA may be paid the benefit, or not paid it because they receive an overlapping benefit equal to or greater than their weekly rate of CA.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many falls (a) at home and (b) in total were recorded by health and social care providers in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) City of York local authority area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The information is not available in the format requested. Data is only held in relation to falls which lead to a hospital admission. We have provided a count of finished admission episodes where an external cause of fall was recorded.
The information is not available in the format requested. Data is only held in relation to falls which lead to a hospital admission. We have provided a count of finished admission episodes where an external cause of fall was recorded.
Count of finished admission episodes1 (FAEs) where an external cause2 of fall was recorded for a) York Central constituency3 and b) York Unitary Authority Area4 for years 2010-11 to 2013-145
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
Year | York Central constituency | York Unitary Authority |
2010-11 | 892 | 1,852 |
2011-12 | 840 | 1,758 |
2012-13 | 788 | 1,548 |
2013-14 | 801 | 1,613 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
1 Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient 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 inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
2 External cause codes
Falls are categorised by the following external cause codes:
W00 Fall on same level involving ice and snow
W01 Fall on same level from slipping tripping and stumbling
W02 Fall involving ice-skates skis roller-skates or skateboards
W03 Other fall same level due collision/pushing by another person
W04 Fall while being carried or supported by other persons
W05 Fall involving wheelchair
W06 Fall involving bed
W07 Fall involving chair
W08 Fall involving other furniture
W09 Fall involving playground equipment
W10 Fall on and from stairs and steps
W11 Fall on and from ladder
W12 Fall on and from scaffolding
W13 Fall from out of or through building or structure
W14 Fall from tree
W15 Fall from cliff
W16 Diving/jumping into water causing injury other than drowning or submersion
W17 Other fall from one level to another
W18 Other fall on same level
W19 Unspecified fall
3 Parliamentary constituency of residence
The parliamentary constituency containing the patient’s normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another parliamentary constituency for treatment. This field is only available from 2009-10 onwards.
4 Local authority of residence
The local authority containing the patient’s normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another local authority for treatment.
5 Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)
Hospital Episode Statistics (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, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.
Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many family members looking after a relative at home were registered as carers with the local authority in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in (i) April 2010 and (ii) each subsequent April.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The only available data are from the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care returns (RAP) section of the data collected on the social care activity of councils with adult social services responsibilities.
The data are provided only for York Unitary Authority. The information is not collected at constituency level. The data do not provide information on whether or not the carers seen by local authorities are family members of the person being cared for. The current definition of a carer is taken from the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, which states that the Act affects ‘carers (aged 16 or over) who provide or intend to provide a substantial amount of care on a regular basis for another individual aged 18 or over’.
Although the Act refers only to carers aged 16 or over, younger carers of adults should be included in these data. The Act excludes from the definition of a carer, paid care workers and volunteers from a voluntary organisation.
The collection period runs from 1 April to 31 March. For example, for 2010/11, the collection period runs from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011. The figures provided are rounded to the nearest five people.
Table 1 - Number of carers for whom assessments or reviews were completed during the period (for all age groups of carer, all client groups and all age groups of the person cared for by the carer).
Collection period | Carer assessed separately | Carer assessed jointly with person cared for by carer | Declined | Total |
2010/11 | 660 | 920 | 20 | 1,595 |
2011/12 | 715 | 760 | 15 | 1,490 |
2012/13 | 575 | 835 | 5 | 1,420 |
2013/14 | 515 | 930 | 15 | 1,455 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) – RAP C1.
Table 2 - Number of carers receiving different types of services provided as an outcome of an assessment or review (for all age groups of carer, all client groups, and all age groups of the person cared for by the carer).
Collection period | Receiving services | Receiving information only | Total |
2010/11 | 640 | 940 | 1,575 |
2011/12 | 635 | 840 | 1,475 |
2012/13 | 500 | 915 | 1,415 |
2013/14 | 245 | 1,200 | 1,440 |
Source: HSCIC - RAP C2.