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57657

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: York
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) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area (i) applied for and (ii) started a degree course in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest available information on applicants is shown in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p><strong>UCAS applicants aged under 21<sup>1</sup> to full-time undergraduate courses from York Central constituency and York Local Authority</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>York Central</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York local authority</p></td><td><p>1,205</p></td><td><p>1,225</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>1,085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS</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 York Central constituency and York Local authority 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 HEIs, Further Education Colleges (FECs), and Alternative Providers (APs) of higher education 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 York Central constituency <sup>(4)</sup> and York unitary authority</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>York unitary authority</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central constituency <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>440 <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>330</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. The figure for 2009/10 refers to the City of York constituency.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 16:02:05 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57658

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital funding the Government allocated to (a) York College, (b) Askham Bryan College, (c) the University of York and (d) York St John University in each year since 1995-96.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The capital funding allocated by this Department and its predecessor departments to York College, the University of York and the University of York St John in each year between 1992 and 2000 is not readily available. However, the capital allocations for each of the institutions named since 2000/01 is in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 11/06/2014 13:45:50 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts attachment 1 file name Capital allocations for colleges and universities since 2000-01.docx title Capital allocations since 2000/01
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57659

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding for each (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate student the Higher Education Funding Council for England allocated to (i) the University of York and (ii) York St John University in (A) cash and (B) at current prices in each year since 1997-98.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The attached tables show the amount of grant distributed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for teaching and research per full-time equivalent student for each of the years requested. There have been changes in HEFCE's funding methodology over this period, so these tables do not provide like for like yearly comparisons. In particular, the data prior to 1998-99 are not available in a similar format to that for later years.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 15:49:39 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts attachment 1 file name HEFCE funding for undergraduate and postgraduate students.docx title HEFCE funding for teaching & research FT student.
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57660

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: York
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 applications for undergaduate study were made to (a) the University of York, (b) York St John University and (c) all English universities in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest information is given in the table. UCAS have not released any data on applications to individual institutions for the 2014 application cycle, but the latest figures for total applicants to all UK institutions (published on May 30<sup>th</sup>) show that they have risen by 4%, compared to the same point in 2013.</p><p><strong>UCAS main scheme applications to University of York, York St John University and England, 2009 to 2013</strong></p><p><strong>Full-time undergraduate courses</strong></p><table><tbody><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>University of York</p></td><td><p>21,543</p></td><td><p>24,548</p></td><td><p>23,725</p></td><td><p>23,570</p></td><td><p>25,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York St John University</p></td><td><p>6,194</p></td><td><p>7,685</p></td><td><p>8,657</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>9,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All institutions in England</p></td><td><p>2,021,546</p></td><td><p>2,303,678</p></td><td><p>2,418,828</p></td><td><p>2,209,337</p></td><td><p>2,265,95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS reference tables.</strong></p><p><strong>1. Each applicant can submit up to five applications.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Figures cover applicants who applied during the main UCAS application scheme which </strong><strong>closes on June 30<sup>th</sup>. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 15:57:34 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57661

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: York
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 business start-ups there were in City of York local authority area in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS.</p><p>In the following table, estimated numbers of new business start-ups in the York local authority area are shown using the BankSearch data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of business start-ups in York authority area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: BankSearch, number of new business bank accounts opened.</strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/06/2014 13:04:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57662

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Exports: 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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber were exporting to (a) the EU and (b) all countries in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber exporting goods to the EU and all countries in each year since 2008 is given in the attached table. The data is sourced from HMRC's Regional Trade Statistics database and covers trade in goods only. A count of services exporters by region is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:54:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Trade Statistics for Businesses Exporting.docx title Exporting Statistics for Yorkshire and the Humber
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57663

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Bankruptcy
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 bankruptcies were registered in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the following table. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p /> <p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014, alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p /> <p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><sup>Year</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>York</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>England</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2005</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>134</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4272</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>43,103</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2006</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>214</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5812</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>57,576</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2007</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>185</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5957</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>59,245</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2008</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>198</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>6660</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>62,001</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2009</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>236</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>7231</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>68,498</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2010</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>170</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5929</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>53,064</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2011</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>130</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4317</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>38,341</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2012</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>84</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>3295</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>29,393</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p>1 Where individual has provided postcode</p><p /> <p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 11/06/2014 12:52:26 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57664

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Foreign Investment in UK: 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 much foreign investment in Yorkshire and the Humber there has been in each year since 2008; and what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) safeguarded jobs generated by such investments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment reports that in 2008/9, 1,869 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humberside as a result of foreign investment and 4,719 jobs were safeguarded. In 2009/10, 2,016 new jobs were created and 3,895 were safeguarded. In 2010/11, 868 jobs were created and a total of 670 jobs safeguarded. In 2011/12, 1,362 new jobs were created and 2,338 jobs safeguarded.</p><p>Finally, in 2012/13, the last published figures show that 1,288 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humber and total of 6,618 jobs were safeguarded, a total of 7,906 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:02:48 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57667

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Regional Growth Fund: 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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Regional Growth Fund in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold the data in the format requested. The Regional Growth Fund is supporting 51 projects and programmes in Yorkshire and Humber across five funding Rounds. Below is a breakdown of the allocated funding from 2011-2017 by Round:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocated funding (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>78.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>92.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>41.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 11 regional programmes are providing support to small and medium-size businesses in the area. Support from RGF is expected to leverage £1.7bn of private investment.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:19:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57668

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Regional Development Agencies: 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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Yorkshire Regional Development Agency in each year that body was in existence.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Yorkshire Forward's annual accounts (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) report on this activity, showing the number of businesses assisted overall and the annual expenditure on the programmes they delivered as a whole. Providing any further information, at the level of detail requested, would require extensive research into Yorkshire Forward's records which are now held in BIS archive. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:55:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley