House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 30 Nov 2001 (pt 2)

TRANSPORT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND

THE REGIONS

Departmental Staff

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many employees of (a) his Department and (b) agencies

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sponsored by his Department work in (i) London, (ii) areas benefiting from EU objective 1 status, (iii) areas with objective 2 status and (iv) other areas. [16111]

Dr. Whitehead [holding answer 19 November 2001]: The number of permanent and casual civil servants employed by DTLR(C) at 1 October is given in the table. The numbers for the agencies are based on the Departmental annual report for 2001. The information on the number of staff working in areas benefiting from EU objective 1 and objective 2 status is unavailable due to the disproportionate cost of collection.

DTLR(C) Agencies

London 2,828 1,001

Elsewhere 727 12,808

Total 3,555 13,809

	DTLR(C)	Agencies
London	2,828	1,001
Elsewhere	727	12,808

Total	3,555	13,809

Street Warden Scheme

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions which areas in London were successful in their bids under the street warden scheme; and which were unsuccessful. [17775]

Ms Keeble: The Government Office for London received 45 street wardens bids. 18 bids, totalling more than £4.2 million, were approved.

Organisations other than local authorities, for example, housing associations, were eligible to apply under this DTLR funded pilot scheme. The table shows the successful and unsuccessful bids, the lead agency and the bid area.

Lead agency Bid area

Successful bids

London Borough of Redbridge Hainault Ward

London Borough of Bromley Commercial areas of West Wickham and Hayes

London Borough of Harrow Wealdstone Area

Paddington Churches Housing Association Stamford Hill Neighbourhood

London Borough of Camden Kings Cross

London Borough Southwark Peckham High Street

London Borough Lewisham Catford Town Centre

London Borough of Greenwich and Greenwich Community Safety Trust Safer Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Wardens Project

Barnet Community Safety Partnership East Finchley, High Barnet and Finchley Central

Genesis Housing Group North Addington Neighbourhood Wardens Project

Hyde Housing Association Lyon street area

Royal Borough of Kingston Council housing estates

Hammersmith and Fulham Crime Reduction Partnership Shepherds Bush Green Triangle

Bethnal Green Connecting Communities Partnership Bethnal Green Gateway

Neighbourhood Management Service Bowes Park street

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham River, Village and Goresbrook Wards

London Borough of Wandsworth Clapham Junction

London Borough of Merton Lavender, Pollards Hill, St. Helier Wards and Mitcham and Wimbledon Town Centres

Unsuccessful bids

London Borough of Ealing Acton Town Centre

London Borough of Ealing Ealing and West Ealing Town Centre

London Borough of Ealing Southall Town Centre

London Borough of Lambeth Clapham Common and Streatham Neighbourhoods

London Borough of Bromley St. Mary Cray Ward

London Borough of Bexley Town Centres and Residential Areas

London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow Butts Farm, Leeson and Hounslow Heath street

London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Town Centre

London Borough of Hounslow Hounslow Neighbourhood

Notting Dale NWP Notting Dale Police Sector, North Kensington

London Borough of Hillingdon Town Centres in Hillingdon

The New West End Company (NWEC) Bond street, Oxford street and Regent street

Poplar Area Neighbourhood Partnership Poplar street

Lilac Project Soho, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury

London Borough of Waltham Forest Bakers Arms street

London Borough of Barnet Various towns within LB Barnet

The Circle Initiative Five areas of central London

Wandsworth Council Clapham Junction (Added Value Bid)

London Borough of Newham Community Forum street

London Borough of Brent Wembley

Kingston Town Centre Management Ltd. Kingston Town Centre

London Borough of Islington Islington High street

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Stepney

High Trees Community Development Trust St. Martin's Estate and surrounding area

Object X2D Wandsworth

Clapton Community Housing Trust Upper Clapton road and Wrenns Park Estate

Croydon Council Fieldway and New Addington

Lead agency	Bid area
Successful bids
London Borough of Redbridge	Hainault Ward
London Borough of Bromley	Commercial areas of West Wickham and Hayes
London Borough of Harrow	Wealdstone Area
Paddington Churches Housing Association	Stamford Hill Neighbourhood
London Borough of Camden	Kings Cross
London Borough Southwark	Peckham High Street
London Borough Lewisham	Catford Town Centre
London Borough of Greenwich and Greenwich Community Safety Trust	Safer Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Wardens Project
Barnet Community Safety Partnership	East Finchley, High Barnet and Finchley Central
Genesis Housing Group	North Addington Neighbourhood Wardens Project
Hyde Housing Association	Lyon street area
Royal Borough of Kingston	Council housing estates
Hammersmith and Fulham Crime Reduction Partnership	Shepherds Bush Green Triangle
Bethnal Green Connecting Communities Partnership	Bethnal Green Gateway
Neighbourhood Management Service	Bowes Park street
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	River, Village and Goresbrook Wards
London Borough of Wandsworth	Clapham Junction
London Borough of Merton	Lavender, Pollards Hill, St. Helier Wards and Mitcham and Wimbledon Town Centres
Unsuccessful bids
London Borough of Ealing	Acton Town Centre
London Borough of Ealing	Ealing and West Ealing Town Centre
London Borough of Ealing	Southall Town Centre
London Borough of Lambeth	Clapham Common and Streatham Neighbourhoods
London Borough of Bromley	St. Mary Cray Ward
London Borough of Bexley	Town Centres and Residential Areas
London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow	Butts Farm, Leeson and Hounslow Heath street
London Borough of Hounslow	Hounslow Town Centre
London Borough of Hounslow	Hounslow Neighbourhood
Notting Dale NWP	Notting Dale Police Sector, North Kensington
London Borough of Hillingdon	Town Centres in Hillingdon
The New West End Company (NWEC)	Bond street, Oxford street and Regent street
Poplar Area Neighbourhood Partnership	Poplar street
Lilac Project	Soho, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury
London Borough of Waltham Forest	Bakers Arms street
London Borough of Barnet	Various towns within LB Barnet
The Circle Initiative	Five areas of central London
Wandsworth Council	Clapham Junction (Added Value Bid)
London Borough of Newham	Community Forum street
London Borough of Brent	Wembley
Kingston Town Centre Management Ltd.	Kingston Town Centre
London Borough of Islington	Islington High street
London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Stepney
High Trees Community Development Trust	St. Martin's Estate and surrounding area
Object X2D	Wandsworth
Clapton Community Housing Trust	Upper Clapton road and Wrenns Park Estate
Croydon Council	Fieldway and New Addington

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Terminal 5

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his statement of 20 November, on Terminal 5, if he will set out the terms of reference of the research study to reassess attitudes to aircraft noise. [17792]

Mr. Byers [holding answer 23 November 2001]: The initial terms of reference are as follows:

Aims and objectives

A1. The White Paper, "New Deal for Transport", announced the Government's intention to formulate an aviation policy looking some 30 years ahead and stated the principle that the aviation industry should, in broad terms, meet the external costs it imposes. The Department's consultation on "The Future of Aviation" noted (para 149) that further research into the monetary valuation of the effects of noise may be needed to inform charging strategies.

A2. The Study is to reassess attitudes to aircraft noise in England; their correlation with the Leq noise index; and to examine (hypothetical) willingness to pay in respect of nuisance from such noise, in relation to other elements, on the basis of stated preference (SP) survey evidence.

Issues and scope

A3. The Study shall be of sufficient scale and scope to provide a methodologically robust re-assessment of the validity of the Leq family of noise indices as a proxy for relative community

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annoyance; and in particular the relative weightings on average event noise level and number of events.

This project was announced by my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, North-East (Mr. Ainsworth) in May and is not directly connected with the planning decision on Heathrow Terminal 5. The project consists of two phases and is expected to last approximately three years. The contract has recently been awarded to a consortium led by The MVA Consultancy.

I will also ensure that all available research into sleep disturbance and attitudes to aircraft noise by day and by night will be taken into account in the consultation about the bight noise regime at the designated London airports to be undertaken by 2003.

Homeless People

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of lettings were made available to homeless households in priority need by local authorities; what proportion of lettings were made available to homeless households in priority need by housing associations; and how many homeless households were in temporary accommodation by region at the end of each year from 1991–92 to 2000–01. [18301]

Ms Keeble: The available information is as follows:

Proportion of local authority and registered social landlord lettings made available to new tenants who were homeless households in priority need; and number of homeless households in temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority at 31 March: by region

1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

North East

LA lettings (percentage) 27 24 20 18 16 13 9 13 11

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 12 6 6 5

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 400 500 500 500 500 500 700 1,000 1,100

North West

LA lettings (percentage) 25 25 24 21 19 16 11 10 10

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 16 13 8 7 6

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 2,700 3,100 2,800 2,300 2,200 2,100 2,400 2,200 2,000

Yorkshire and the Humber

LA lettings (percentage) 29 32 29 23 19 15 16 16 13

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 21 17 10 8 8

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 2,300 2,200 1,900 1,600 1,400 1,000 1,200 2,200 1,400

East Midlands

LA lettings (percentage) 41 40 32 28 26 20 13 14 16

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 25 21 14 12 10

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 1,900 1,600 1,400 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,600 2,000

West Midlands

LA lettings (percentage) 41 42 36 31 30 27 29 26 22

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 26 21 16 14 14

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 1,900 1,700 1,500 1,200 1,200 1,100 2,000 1,500 1,800

East of England

LA lettings (percentage) 40 40 34 34 30 28 17 23 21

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 30 25 16 19 19

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 4,300 3,900 3,200 3,100 2,800 2,600 3,280 3,600 4,500

London

LA lettings (percentage) 64 65 56 52 51 49 43 49 57

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 53 51 41 41 44

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 39,500 38,000 30,100 25,800 24,600 24,000 25,600 30,500 37,700

South East

LA lettings (percentage) 41 41 39 39 38 34 23 26 32

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 39 36 25 26 25

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 8,300 8,100 7,300 7,300 6,700 6,400 7,700 8,800 9,700

South West

LA lettings (percentage) 40 42 39 37 35 32 18 24 27

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 32 31 22 26 31

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 2,900 2,800 2,700 2,800 2,600 2,200 3,300 4,700 4,800

England

LA lettings (percentage) 38 39 35 31 28 25 20 22 22

RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 30 26 18 18 18

Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾ 64,300 62,000 51,500 46,300 43,500 41,600 46,400 56,200 64,800

	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
North East
LA lettings (percentage)	27	24	20	18	16	13	9	13	11
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15	12	6	6	5
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	400	500	500	500	500	500	700	1,000	1,100

North West
LA lettings (percentage)	25	25	24	21	19	16	11	10	10
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16	13	8	7	6
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	2,700	3,100	2,800	2,300	2,200	2,100	2,400	2,200	2,000

Yorkshire and the Humber
LA lettings (percentage)	29	32	29	23	19	15	16	16	13
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21	17	10	8	8
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	2,300	2,200	1,900	1,600	1,400	1,000	1,200	2,200	1,400

East Midlands
LA lettings (percentage)	41	40	32	28	26	20	13	14	16
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25	21	14	12	10
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	1,900	1,600	1,400	1,600	1,500	1,400	1,300	1,600	2,000

West Midlands
LA lettings (percentage)	41	42	36	31	30	27	29	26	22
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26	21	16	14	14
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	1,900	1,700	1,500	1,200	1,200	1,100	2,000	1,500	1,800
East of England
LA lettings (percentage)	40	40	34	34	30	28	17	23	21
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30	25	16	19	19
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	4,300	3,900	3,200	3,100	2,800	2,600	3,280	3,600	4,500

London
LA lettings (percentage)	64	65	56	52	51	49	43	49	57
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53	51	41	41	44
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	39,500	38,000	30,100	25,800	24,600	24,000	25,600	30,500	37,700

South East
LA lettings (percentage)	41	41	39	39	38	34	23	26	32
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39	36	25	26	25
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	8,300	8,100	7,300	7,300	6,700	6,400	7,700	8,800	9,700

South West
LA lettings (percentage)	40	42	39	37	35	32	18	24	27
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32	31	22	26	31
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	2,900	2,800	2,700	2,800	2,600	2,200	3,300	4,700	4,800

England
LA lettings (percentage)	38	39	35	31	28	25	20	22	22
RSL lettings (percentage)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30	26	18	18	18
Numbers accommodated⁽¹⁾	64,300	62,000	51,500	46,300	43,500	41,600	46,400	56,200	64,800

⁽¹⁾ Homeless households in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities

Note:

Homeless households are households in priority need for whom a statutory duty has been accepted by a local authority under homelessness provisions of Housing Acts. Lettings to these households have been expressed as a percentage of all secure LA lettings and all RSL lettings to new tenants, ie excluding transfers and exchanges between existing tenants of social landlords

Sources:

DTLR Housing Investment Programme returns (annual):

Housing Corporation "CORE" returns

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Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list (a) by region and (b) by size of property in terms of number of bedrooms the proportion of (i) secure lettings made available by local authorities to homeless households and (ii) lettings made available to homeless households by housing associations in 2000–01. [18299]

Ms Keeble: Information for 2000–01 is not yet available. Information on 1999–2000 lettings reported by local authorities on their 2000 Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns, and corresponding data in respect of registered social landlord lettings collected through the CORE data systems are given in the tables:

Table 1: Lettings to homeless households in 1999–2000 as a proportion of all LA new secure lettings and RSL lettings to new tenants by regionPercentage

LA lettings RSL letting

North East 11 5

North West 10 6

Yorkshire and the Humber 13 8

East Midlands 16 10

West Midlands 22 14

East of England 21 19

London 57 44

South East 32 25

South West 27 31

England 22 18

	LA lettings	RSL letting
North East	11	5
North West	10	6
Yorkshire and the Humber	13	8
East Midlands	16	10
West Midlands	22	14
East of England	21	19
London	57	44
South East	32	25
South West	27	31
England	22	18

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Table 2: Lettings to homeless households in 1999–2000 as a proportion of all LA new secure lettings and RSL lettings to new tenants by size of property in terms of number of bedroomsPercentage

LA lettings RSL lettings

One bedroom properties 15 10

Two bedroom properties ⁽²⁾28 23

Three or more bedroom properties 29

Total all properties 22 18

	LA lettings	RSL lettings
One bedroom properties	15	10
Two bedroom properties	⁽²⁾28	23
Three or more bedroom properties		29
Total all properties	22	18

⁽²⁾ Data only available for two or more bedrooms

Note:

Homeless households are households in priority need for whom a statutory duty has been accepted by a local authority under homelessness provisions of Housing Acts. Lettings to these households have been expressed as a percentage of lettings to new tenants ie excluding transfers and exchanges between existing tenants of social landlords.

Sources:

DTLR Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns (annual):

Housing Corporation "CORE" returns.

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many homeless people there are in the Buckingham constituency. [20132]

Ms Keeble: The information is as follows:

Homeless households (and homeless at home) in accommodation at 31 March 2001 in Aylesbury Vale

Number

Total 195

of which:

With dependant children or a pregnant woman 159

In bed and breakfast accommodation 5

Rough sleeping ⁽³⁾0–10

	Number
Total	195
of which:
With dependant children or a pregnant woman	159
In bed and breakfast accommodation	5
Rough sleeping	⁽³⁾0–10

⁽³⁾ Local authority estimate of the typical number of people currently sleeping rough in the area on any single night.

Note:

There are a high number of people in temporary accommodation at 125 in Aylesbury Vale, but the proportion in bed and breakfast accommodation is relatively low at 2 per cent.

Source:

Housing Investment Programme 2001 Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix

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Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary homeless people there were in rural areas broken down by local authority in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001. [19647]

Ms Keeble: I have placed the information requested in the Library.

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