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57665

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date	04/06/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were claiming jobseeker's allowance per Jobcentre Plus vacancy in each year since May 2007.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Headline figures on the number of unfilled vacancies at a point in time are published by the Office for National Statistics, based on a regular survey of employers. The sample size of the survey is, however, too small to allow information to be published below national level.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre vancancies are just a part of total recruitment, missing jobs available in the wider labour market beyond the local constituency or authority, and those coming up through other recruitment channels or filled by direct approaches to employers or word of mouth. A snapshot of unfilled vacancies also misses the regular turnover of new vacancies that come up as existing opportunities are filled. Information on the number of unfilled vacancies held locally by Jobcentre Plus was collected until 2012 and the available information is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseeker's Allowance caseload and unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>York Central</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>York local authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May in each year</p></td><td><p>JSA claimants</p></td><td><p>Live unfilled vacancies</p></td><td><p>JSA claimants</p></td><td><p>Live unfilled vacancies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,338</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>1,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>1,808</p></td><td><p>1,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,571</p></td><td><p>935</p></td><td><p>3,739</p></td><td><p>1,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td><td><p>1,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,432</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>1,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,497</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>3,421</p></td><td><p>1,377</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /> <p>The latest claimant count figures show the number of JSA claimants in York Central and York local authority has fallen to 1,345 and 1,790 respectively in May 2014.</p><p /> <p /> <p>Universal Jobmatch has replaced the previous Jobcentre Plus system of taking vacancies. Equivalent statistical information on vacancies available through the new service is not currently available. The ONS data shows that nationally there are well over 600,000 vacancies available at any one time. Vacancies available locally through Universal Jobmatch can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch</a> . Inputting a postcode, town or place in the appropriate box returns vacancies within a 20 mile radius. This can be further refined as necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/06/2014 15:29:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57666

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	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 young people (a) started and (b) completed apprenticeships in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) York local education authority, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England in each year since 1995-96.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Data are not available prior to 2000. Estimates for the proportion of young people in training, employment and education separately are not available.</p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts and achievements by geography and age is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 198511 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:52:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
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

57669

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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: 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 Local Enterprise Partnerships in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Regional Growth Fund has supported eight Local Enterprise Partnership-led (LEP) programmes in Yorkshire and Humber, 4 each in Rounds 3 and 5, with allocations totalling £95 million. So far £23.8 million has been paid to small and medium-sized enterprises which has achieved 987 jobs and £66.9 million in private sector leverage.</p><p> </p><p>The Yorkshire and Humber LEPs have also received a total of £72.9 million from the Growing Places Fund to support infrastructure projects resulting in the creation of jobs, housing, commercial floorspace and businesses. Thus far, the LEPs have allocated this to 34 projects which will lead to the creation of 25,500 jobs, 4,900 housing units, 1.5 million sqm commercial floorspace, and 320 businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:05:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57670

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 UK-domiciled (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students enrolled at the (i) University of York and (ii) University of York St John in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of UK domiciled undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments at University of York and York St John University in the academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13 has been provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of enrolments at UK HEIs for the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>UK domiciled <sup>(1) </sup>enrolments <sup>(2) </sup>by level and institution of study</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level of study</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>University of York</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>2,405</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>2,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>9,645</p></td><td><p>10,190</p></td><td><p>10,475</p></td><td><p>10,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,050 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,800 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13,155 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,525 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York St John University</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>4,835</p></td><td><p>4,855</p></td><td><p>4,920</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,650 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,640 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,660 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,680 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course</p><p> </p><p>(2) Enrolments refers to students in all years of study</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information can also be found on the HESA website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.hesa.ac.uk/free-statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 11/06/2014 17:00:13 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57671

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1119W, on energy prices, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) wholesale and (b) retail cost of (i) electricity and (ii) gas in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	198625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The average GB wholesale electricity price in 2013 was 4.98 pence/kWh.[1] For gas, it was 2.32 pence/kWh.[2]</p><p> </p><p>These prices do not necessarily reflect the costs faced by energy suppliers, who typically buy their energy over a period of time using forward contracts – a practice known as hedging. The particular hedging strategies employed by different suppliers are commercially confidential and not known to Government.</p><p><br>[1] Source: data received by DECC from commercial price reporting companies</p><p>[2] Ibid</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 11/06/2014 16:08:26 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

57672

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1119W, on energy prices, what estimate his Department has made of changes to the wholesale cost of (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) 2013 and (ii) January to May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	198624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The average GB wholesale electricity price in January 2013 was 5.00 pence/kWh. By December 2013 this had risen by 2% to 5.10 pence/kWh. The average price for January 2014 was 4.78 pence/kWh. By May 2014 this had fallen by 17% to 3.97 pence/kWh.</p><p>The average GB wholesale gas price in January 2013 was 2.28 pence/kWh. By December 2013 this had risen by 4% to 2.37 pence/kWh. The average price for January 2014 was 2.22 pence/kWh. By May 2014 this had fallen by 30% to 1.55 pence/kWh.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 11/06/2014 16:09:34 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

57673

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the release of political prisoners in Eritrea with his Eritrean counterpart.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	198578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned at the continued arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Eritrea, including some detained without trial since September 2001. Our Ambassador in Asmara and EU counterparts regularly raise this with the Eritrean Government, calling for their release. I have raised human rights issues with the Foreign Minister and, most recently, FCO officials raised the issue with the Eritrean Ambassador in March 2014. We will continue to do so at every opportunity</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 10/06/2014 14:40:32 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

57674

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss sexual violence against women in India with his Indian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	198579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the government of India and international partners to address the problem of gender-based violence, human trafficking and child exploitation in India. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) has invited the government of India to attend the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit and has already discussed the initiative with the new Indian Foreign Minister.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 11/06/2014 14:58:37 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard