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Showmen

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what support he will provide to local authorities for the provision of winter quarters for showmen. [84481]

Mr. McNulty: There is no special provision for local authorities to provide accommodation for travelling showmen. If my hon. Friend the member for Chorley has particular concerns, perhaps he will write to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Student Houses

Mr. Reed: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the number of student houses in multi-occupancy in Charnwood borough council. [85028]

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Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate costs. However as part of their part of their housing investment programme returns, Charnwood reported having a total of 102 houses in multiple occupation on 1 April 2002.

Water Measurements (Wards)

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list those wards, grouped by counties and unitary wards or metropolitan authorities, in England and Wales whose boundaries contain estuaries, rivers and inland shore waters; what the percentage is of the area of each such ward that is comprised of water measured, where applicable, from the high water mark; and what effect such measurement has on the way in which population (a) density and (b) sparsity is measured for official statistical purposes. [85950]

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Stephen O'Brien, dated 10 December 2002:

As National Statistician I am replying to your recent question on wards whose boundaries contain estuaries, rivers and inland shore waters. (85950)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) can provide the information requested on the percentage of the area of electoral wards/divisions and local authorities in England and Wales which comprise inland water. Information on the effect these measurements have on the population density is not available.

ONS has recently received area measurements produced by the Ordnance Survey for Great Britain using their 1:10,000 scale 2001 BoundaryLine product (boundaries as at May 2001). Early next year, these measurements will be made available on the National Statistics website (www.statistics.gov.uk). However if the request is urgent, ONS is willing to provide an extract on CD-ROM which will list three measurements and the percentage of inland water for all electoral wards/divisions and local authorities in England and Wales. The three measurements will be:

area to Mean High Water: defined as the total area of an administrative unit measured in hectares and includes all tracts of inland water; where the administrative area is bounded by tidal water it is measured to Mean High Water mark.

area of inland water: defined as the surface area of inland water areas exceeding 1sq km within the area to Mean High Water, measured in hectares, within the administrative unit. Inland water includes features such as lakes and reservoirs; rivers, canals and streams are not included in this area measurement.

land area: area to Mean High Water excluding area of inland water.

Population density figures and land area measurements will be published as part of the 2001 Census Key Statistics during April 2003. The land area measurement has been used in accordance with the Eurostat directive.

If a CD-Rom giving the above information is required, you should contact Alan Taylor at our Titchfield office on 01329 813536.

There are no plans to provide population density figures based on other area measurements.

Westminster/Kensington and Chelsea (Support)

Ms Buck: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much external financial support was given to (a) Westminster and (b) Kensington and Chelsea in

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each year since 1992, giving the percentage change in each case expressed in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms. [85828]

Mr. Raynsford: The figures for the level of total external support and the percentage change in cash terms and real terms for Westminster in each year since 1992 are set out in the table.

Westminster

	Total external	Percentage change
	support (#000)	Cash terms	Real terms
1991–92	188,142	—	—
1992–93	222,967	18.5	14.8
1993–94	186,794	-16.2	-18.2
1994–95	188,144	0.7	-0.6
1995–96	193,729	3.0	0.1
1996–97	190,100	-1.9	-4.9
1997–98	194,241	2.2	-0.9
1998–99	187,720	-3.4	-5.9
1999–2000	192,738	2.7	0.2
2000–01	194,839	1.1	-1.1
2001–02	198,752	2.0	-0.1
2002–03	205,117	3.2	0.7

The figures for the level of total external support and the percentage change in cash terms and real terms for Kensington and Chelsea in each year since 1992 are set out in the table.

Kensington and Chelsea

	Total external	Percentage change
	support (#000)	Cash terms	Real terms
1991–92	106,064	—	—
1992–93	131,641	24.1	20.2
1993–94	109,283	-17.0	-19.0
1994–95	110,594	1.2	-0.1
1995–96	109,602	-0.9	-3.6
1996–97	109,063	-0.5	-3.6
1997–98	108,858	-0.2	-3.2
1998–99	107,887	-0.9	-3.5
1999–2000	110,941	2.8	0.4
2000–01	112,777	1.7	-0.5
2001–02	117,917	4.6	2.4
2002–03	122.280	3.7	1.2

Total external support consists of revenue support grant, redistributed national non-domestic rates, central support protection grant (in 1999–2000 and 2000–01), SSA reduction grant (between 1994–95 and 2000–01) and Inner London education grant (until 1994–95).

The real terms percentage change figures are calculated using the HM Treasury GDP Deflator where 2001–02 equals 100.

Ms Buck: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was granted from each source of support within his Department to (a) Westminster city council and (b) the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea, outside the revenue support grant, in each year since 1997. [85831]

Mr. Leslie: The available information on funding for local authorities provided by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for which figures were requested is given in the tables.

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The figures included in the tables exclude funding provided by the former Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the former Department of Transport, Local Government

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and the Regions for areas of work that are now the responsibility of the Department for Transport and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Westminster city council#000

	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Revenue Funding
Central Support Protection Grant	—	—	—	4,206	4,866	—	—
SSA Reduction Grant	893	—	15,580	8,500	1,625	—	—
Housing Revenue Account subsidy(22)	23,850	22,489	21,656	21,102	20,214	25,626	30,763
Supporting People Grant	—	—	—	—	—	100	313
Beacon Council Grant	—	—	—	—	21	—	—
Total Revenue Funding (excluding Revenue Support Grant and redistributed business rates)	24,743	22,489	37,236	33,808	26,726	25,726	31,076
Capital Funding
Basic Credit Approvals Issued	12,196	2,761	4,910	5,681	22,188	12,612	15,148
Capital Receipts Initiative—housing SCA(23)	—	2,039	6,618	7,176	—	—	—
Cash Incentive Scheme SCA(23)	975	1,029	644	40	—	—	—
Social Housing Grant	5,177	4,522	7,100	4,371	10,254	5,136	(24)—
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund	—	—	—	—	—	749	1,123
Street Wardens Grant	—	—	—	—	—	27	115
Street Crime Wardens Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
Estate Action Grant(25)	—	9,001	5,860	2,301	2,687	3,817	1,785
Rough Sleeping Grant	—	—	—	513	757	1,628	1,860
Priority Needs Order	—	—	—	—	—	—	66
Bed and Breakfast Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,443
Homelessness Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	70
Local e-government Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	525
Total Capital Funding	18,348	19,352	25,132	20,083	35,886	23,968	23,241

⁽²²⁾ HRA Subsidy figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are estimates, as payments have yet to be completed.

⁽²³⁾ SCA = Supplementary Credit Approvals

⁽²⁴⁾ Social Housing Grant data for 2002/03 is currently unavailable.

⁽²⁵⁾ 2002–03 Estate Action figure is the amount of funding agreed. To date Westminster have claimed #862,350.

Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea#000

	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Revenue funding
Central Support Protection Grant	—	—	—	1,121	—	—	—
SSA Reduction Grant	10,838	8,412	5,487	3,158	—	—	—
Housing Revenue Account subsidy(26)	40,063	38,247	35,313	33,453	30,987	46,011	19,410
Supporting People Grant	—	—	—	—	—	95	268
Beacon Council Grant	—	—	—	—	21	—	—
Total Revenue Funding (excluding Revenue Support Grant and redistributed business rates)	50,901	46,659	40,800	37,732	31,009	46,106	19,678
Capital Funding
Basic Credit Approvals Issued	8,895	5,686	4,183	5,411	17,081	12,652	12,740
Capital Receipts Initiative—housing SCA(27)	—	1,095	3,959	4,319	—	—	—
Cash Incentive Scheme SCA(27)	600	600	217	—	—	—	—
Social Housing Grant	6,649	5,026	4,076	6,766	7,754	9,477	(28)—
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund	—	—	—	—	—	540	811
Estate Action Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gypsy Sites Refurbishment Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	517
Rough Sleeping Grant	—	—	—	371	208	208	—
Priority Needs Order	—	—	—	—	—	—	37
Bed and Breakfast Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,377
Homelessness Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	168
Local e-government Grant	—	—	—	—	—	—	200
ISB Grant	—	—	—	—	39	126	—
Total Capital Funding	16,144	12,407	12,435	16,867	25,082	23,003	15,849

⁽²⁶⁾ HRA Subsidy figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are estimates, as payments have vet to be completed.

⁽²⁷⁾ SCA = Supplementary Credit Approvals.

⁽²⁸⁾ Social Housing Grant data for 2002–03 is currently unavailable.

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