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64173

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i)Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) the North of England and (iv) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Key stage 2 national curriculum assessment statistics are available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2</a></p><p>GCSE attainment statistics are available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>Attainment statistics by Parliamentary constituency are available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/</a></p><p>Information on pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A*-C grades in English and mathematics GCSEs in the areas requested, and information on key stage 2 achievement in the areas requested has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:16:55 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63438

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of changes in the cost to the public purse of benefits payments as a result of changes in employment levels since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 2010/11 expenditure on benefits and tax credits paid to people not in work has fallen in real terms from £43.2bn to £42.2bn in 2013/14, and is forecast to fall further, to £40.6bn this year. This is due to a combination of factors including welfare reform, changes to benefits and significant employment growth. The number of people in work has risen by 1.7 million since 2010, and the number of people claiming the main out of work benefits has fallen by over 700,000.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:59:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63161

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Harrogate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency were enrolled in adult skills training in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adults (19+) participating in government-funded further education and skills by parliamentary constituency is published in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284023/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsAchievement.xls" target="_blank"><em>FE and skills: overall achievement by geography and equality and diversity - 2002/03 to 2011/12</em></a>, to a Statistical First Release (SFR). Data by parliamentary constituency are available from 2005/06 onwards.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 14:36:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63162

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	New Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) the North of England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Start Up Loans programme commenced in 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North of England*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>2.26</p></td><td><p>2993</p></td><td><p>16.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – to date</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>3.29</p></td><td><p>5108</p></td><td><p>26.55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All values are loans drawn down.</p><p>*North England comprises of values for North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:57:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64153

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will estimate the additional receipts accruing to the Exchequer as a result of changes in levels of employment since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/07/2014 15:03:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64203

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of crime in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/07/2014 13:28:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 202647.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63205

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest regional-breakdown estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on 20 February 2014, show that in 2011 tourism in Yorkshire and the Humber directly contributed a gross value-added (GVA) of around £2.6 billion to the economy. This is 5.3% of the UK's tourism economy, which is valued in this study at £48.7 billion. The same estimates show that North Yorkshire contributed a GVA of £0.89 billion, which represents 1.8% of the UK's tourism economy. We do not have an estimate of the contribution of the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 30/06/2014 16:02:09 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64158

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tour de France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will estimate the level of financial benefit in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber as a result of the upcoming launch of the Tour de France.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Sport is supporting the production of a full economic impact assessment of the event and this will be made available later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/07/2014 12:19:17 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64145

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people from (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber (i) applied for and (ii) started a degree course in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest available information on applicants is shown in Table 1. Comparable figures for North Yorkshire are not held centrally.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p><strong>UCAS applicants to full-time undergraduate courses from Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, and Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area of domicile</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate and Knaresborough</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged under 21<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>835</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 and over<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>42,475</p></td><td><p>44,850</p></td><td><p>45,070</p></td><td><p>42,110</p></td><td><p>43,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS</strong></p><p><strong>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</strong></p><p><strong>1. This analysis uses country specific age definitions that align with the cut off points for school and college cohorts within the different administrations of the UK. For England, ages are defined on the 31<sup>st</sup> August. Defining ages in this way matches the assignment of children to school cohorts.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of young (under 21) entrants to UK HEIs who were domiciled in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, North Yorkshire, and the Yorkshire and the Humber region prior to starting their course is shown in Table 2. HESA figures for 2013/14 will be available in January 2015. There are differences in the coverage of UCAS and HESA: the UCAS figures cover applicants to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Further Education Colleges (FECs), and Alternative Providers (APs) of HE in the UK; the HESA figures cover HEIs only, plus the University of Buckinghamshire. Not all applicants apply via UCAS: some apply directly to institutions. In addition, some applicants who obtain a place via UCAS opt to defer entry until the following year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p><strong>Young <sup>(1)</sup> entrants <sup>(2)</sup> domiciled <sup>(3)</sup> in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency <sup>(4)</sup>, North Yorkshire local authority and Yorkshire and Humber government office region</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate and Knaresborough</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,670</p></td><td><p>3,605</p></td><td><p>3,845</p></td><td><p>3,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>24,880</p></td><td><p>24,705</p></td><td><p>26,340</p></td><td><p>22,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: HESA Student Record</strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong>(1) Young refers to students aged under 21 on 31<sup>st</sup> August in the reporting year</strong></p><p><strong>(2) Entrants refers to students in their first year of study</strong></p><p><strong>(3) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course</strong></p><p><strong>(4) Parliamentary Constituency boundaries were revised from the 6<sup>th</sup> May 2010 UK General Election.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 03/07/2014 15:47:52 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64639

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices there are in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	203019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>BIS currently employs 58 apprentices. A further 10 apprentices will be appointed under the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship scheme in September 2014.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:47:21 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones