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date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to City of York Council for (a) local authority supported capital expenditure in housing stock and (b) major repairs allowance in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Major Repairs Allowance</p><p>(£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,127,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,242,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,185,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,266,485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The local authority received £1 million in Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following our reform and decentralisation of the Housing Revenue Account in April 2012, the system has fundamentally changed and no longer operates in that manner outlined in the Hon Member’s question. Councils now manage their housing stock without annual payments to or from central government. They now keep their rental income and use it to fund their housing stock (called ‘self-financing’).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the move to self-financing included a one-off settlement payment to, or from, each council, giving each a level of debt it can support, based on a valuation of its council housing stock. Where the valuation was lower than the amount of housing debt supported through the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system, the government paid off the difference. Where the valuation was higher than the debt supported by the Housing Revenue Account subsidy, the council paid the difference to the government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These payments were based on a valuation of each council’s stock, using a 30-year discounted cash flow model of income and expenditure. The costs in the model assumed that councils will need to spend on average 15 per cent more on managing, maintaining and repairing their stock than was assumed under the subsidy system. The self-financing settlement took into account an assessment of local authorities’ needs, including major repairs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These reforms have given councils the resources, incentives and flexibility they need to manage their own housing stock for the long term and to improve quality and efficiency, and they have also provided a clearer relationship between the rent a landlord collects and the services they provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:30:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64479

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Real terms figures were calculated from HMT GDP deflators, financial year, published on 1 April 2014 at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 13:58:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64481

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>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:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average Per Pupil Revenue Funding </strong></p><p><strong>(cash)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1997- 98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998-99</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999-00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000-01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001-02</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002-03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003-04</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004-05</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York LA (primary)</p></td><td><p>1,866</p></td><td><p>2,002</p></td><td><p>2,184</p></td><td><p>2,397</p></td><td><p>2,574</p></td><td><p>2,702</p></td><td><p>2,893</p></td><td><p>3,064</p></td><td><p>3,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York LA (secondary)</p></td><td><p>2,608</p></td><td><p>2,751</p></td><td><p>2,909</p></td><td><p>3,242</p></td><td><p>3,423</p></td><td><p>3,575</p></td><td><p>3,699</p></td><td><p>3,970</p></td><td><p>4,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber average (primary)</p></td><td><p>1,943</p></td><td><p>2,086</p></td><td><p>2,288</p></td><td><p>2,539</p></td><td><p>2,766</p></td><td><p>2,931</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>3,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber average (secondary)</p></td><td><p>2,724</p></td><td><p>2,859</p></td><td><p>3,047</p></td><td><p>3,376</p></td><td><p>3,629</p></td><td><p>3,806</p></td><td><p>4,004</p></td><td><p>4,280</p></td><td><p>4,563</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are in real terms using March 2014 GDP deflators in 2012-13 prices:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average Per Pupil Revenue Funding </strong></p><p><strong>(real)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1997- 98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998-99</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999-00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000-01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001-02</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002-03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003-04</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004-05</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York LA (primary)</p></td><td><p>2,632</p></td><td><p>2,771</p></td><td><p>2,965</p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td><td><p>3,377</p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>3,639</p></td><td><p>3,751</p></td><td><p>4,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York LA (secondary)</p></td><td><p>3,679</p></td><td><p>3,808</p></td><td><p>3,949</p></td><td><p>4,369</p></td><td><p>4,491</p></td><td><p>4,584</p></td><td><p>4,653</p></td><td><p>4,859</p></td><td><p>5,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber average (primary)</p></td><td><p>2,741</p></td><td><p>2,887</p></td><td><p>3,106</p></td><td><p>3,422</p></td><td><p>3,630</p></td><td><p>3,758</p></td><td><p>4,050</p></td><td><p>4,161</p></td><td><p>4,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber average (secondary)</p></td><td><p>3,842</p></td><td><p>3,957</p></td><td><p>4,136</p></td><td><p>4,549</p></td><td><p>4,762</p></td><td><p>4,880</p></td><td><p>5,036</p></td><td><p>5,239</p></td><td><p>5,486</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Per pupil are figures using standard spending assessment (SSA)/education formula share (EFS) allocations and pupils aged 3-15.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)</p></td><td><p>2005-06<br>(baseline)</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York LA </strong></p></td><td><p>3680</p></td><td><p>3860</p></td><td><p>4120</p></td><td><p>4340</p></td><td><p>4530</p></td><td><p>4740</p></td><td><p>4660</p></td><td><p>4660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>3890</p></td><td><p>4120</p></td><td><p>4410</p></td><td><p>4610</p></td><td><p>4810</p></td><td><p>5050</p></td><td><p>4960</p></td><td><p>4960</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These are in real terms using June 2014 GDP deflators in 2013-14 prices:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)</p></td><td><p>2005-06<br>(baseline)</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York LA </strong></p></td><td><p>4,420</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p>4,690</p></td><td><p>4,810</p></td><td><p>4,890</p></td><td><p>4,990</p></td><td><p>4790</p></td><td><p>4740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>4,670</p></td><td><p>4,820</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,110</p></td><td><p>5,190</p></td><td><p>5,310</p></td><td><p>5100</p></td><td><p>5040</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>These figures do not include pupil premium funding given to schools.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DSG schools block per pupil funding</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York LA (cash)</strong></p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York LA (real)*</strong></p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td><td><p>4,118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber average (cash)</strong></p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber average (real)*</strong></p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td><td><p>4,436</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Real terms figures shown in 2013-14 prices using GDP deflators at 27.06.14</p><p>These figures do not include pupil premium funding given to schools.</p><p> </p><p>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:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium per pupil (£)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School Meal Pupil Primary</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>953</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School Meal Pupil Secondary</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service Children</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked After Children</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1900*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Also includes children adopted from care</p><p>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:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>1.284</p></td><td><p>2.567</p></td><td><p>3.945</p></td><td><p>5.116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>65.644</p></td><td><p>126.372</p></td><td><p>198.494</p></td><td><p>256.150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are in real terms:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>1.320</p></td><td><p>2.611</p></td><td><p>3.945</p></td><td><p>5.006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>67.497</p></td><td><p>128.551</p></td><td><p>198.494</p></td><td><p>250.636</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Price Base: Real terms at 2013-14 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 27.06.2014</p><p> </p><p>Capital funding:</p><p>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.</p><table><thead><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Capital allocations<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>PFI credits<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>52.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>90.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-2000</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>151.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>243.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>86.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>245.2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>45.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>310.5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>305.4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>188.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>322.9</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>273.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>381.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>273.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>179.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>419.8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>423.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>406.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>348.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>246.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>186.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>242.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.</p><p>2. PFI credit allocations are counted at financial close.</p><p>3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.</p><p>4. “-“ indicates that no funding was given in that year.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 14:18:46 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64486

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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 .</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>York</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Primary PTR[1]</p></td><td><p>Secondary PTR1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010[2]</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011[3]</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census and School Census</p><p> </p><p>[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.</p><p>[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.</p><p>[3] Excludes one secondary school in York which did not provide a return for inclusion in these figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:21:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64490

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Real terms figures were calculated from HMT GDP deflators, financial year, published on 1 April 2014 at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/07/2014 14:32:26 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64491

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>January</p></td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>November</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011[1]</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teachers[2]</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td><td><p>1,358</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>1,268</p></td><td><p>1,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teaching Assistants[3]</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support Staff[2]</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>.. Not available</p><p> </p><p>[1] Excludes one school in York which did not provide a return for inclusion in these figures.</p><p>[2] Sources: Form 618g up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.</p><p>[3] Sources: School Census up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 16:48:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64495

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances schools are permitted to require religious headcoverings or other religious items as part of compulsory uniform; and if he will issue revised guidance on this matter to Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	202910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably, fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their students.</p><p> </p><p>A school that required compulsory religious items as part of its policy may be at risk of breaching the Equality Act 2010; we would expect all schools to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:39:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

64507

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind turbines there were in North Yorkshire in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of onshore wind turbines that have become fully operational in North Yorkshire in the years since the start of 2008 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Number of wind turbines</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Date fully operational</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2008</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22 April 2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4 October 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1 January 2011</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, May 2014</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 09/07/2014 16:31:06 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64536

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on the action they should take if they receive evidence that self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are not paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	202968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Self-funders and people with personal budgets whose care is arranged by their local authority have no obligations under the provisions of the Care Act 2014, draft statutory Care Act guidance or draft regulations on the Care Act, to show that they pay social care providers enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments. Social care providers must fulfil their legal obligations as employers which include ensuring that staff salaries conform to the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>If a person chooses to request their personal budget as a direct payment to purchase their own care and support, the draft Care Act guidance details what the local authority should do as part of its general monitoring of the direct payment to ensure that the person fulfils their legal obligations as an employer. This includes ensuring that the person is registered as an employer with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and is making the appropriate contributions for PAYE and income tax, and that payments conform to the national minimum wage. Where it is apparent that these obligations are not being met, the local authority should review the care plan and making of the direct payment to ascertain if alternate arrangements need to be made that result in the person no longer being an employer (para 12.46-12.49, p172-73).</p><p>The draft guidance and regulations on the Care Act are currently open for public consultation. The Department is also undertaking a series of engagement events with social care stakeholders to gather feedback on the content of the guidance and regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202967 question first answered 10/07/2014 14:05:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

64538

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, whether self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are under an obligation to show that they are paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	202967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Self-funders and people with personal budgets whose care is arranged by their local authority have no obligations under the provisions of the Care Act 2014, draft statutory Care Act guidance or draft regulations on the Care Act, to show that they pay social care providers enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments. Social care providers must fulfil their legal obligations as employers which include ensuring that staff salaries conform to the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>If a person chooses to request their personal budget as a direct payment to purchase their own care and support, the draft Care Act guidance details what the local authority should do as part of its general monitoring of the direct payment to ensure that the person fulfils their legal obligations as an employer. This includes ensuring that the person is registered as an employer with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and is making the appropriate contributions for PAYE and income tax, and that payments conform to the national minimum wage. Where it is apparent that these obligations are not being met, the local authority should review the care plan and making of the direct payment to ascertain if alternate arrangements need to be made that result in the person no longer being an employer (para 12.46-12.49, p172-73).</p><p>The draft guidance and regulations on the Care Act are currently open for public consultation. The Department is also undertaking a series of engagement events with social care stakeholders to gather feedback on the content of the guidance and regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202968 question first answered 10/07/2014 14:05:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts