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Light Pollution

Helen Jones: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to encourage the use of downward directed lighting to improve the visibility of the night sky. [103181]

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Mr. McNulty: The Government has issued "Lighting in the Countryside: Towards good practice" and guidance on good street lighting practice to encourage the use of lighting types which prevent or minimise unwanted upward illumination.

Planning

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is the timetable of expenditure for the additional monies allocated to planning. [103821]

Mr. McNulty: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister hopes to pay the allocations of planning delivery grant for 2003–04 to local authorities and national parks in early April and to the regional planning bodies in early May.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the twin-funding of planning applications. [103822]

Mr. McNulty: Planning services are funded from contributions by local taxpayers through council tax, precepts and levies, grant from central government (including the planning delivery grant), and fees paid by some applicants. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is currently undertaking a review of the fee regime which, among other things, is looking at the relative burdens on the contributors.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with local authorities and the Local Government Association on the subject of third party right of appeal, with specific reference to local authorities granting their own permission and departures from the local plans. [103823]

Mr. McNulty: None. The Government's position on third party rights of appeal was set out in the Planning Green Paper (published in December 2001). A wide range of bodies, including local authorities and the Local Government Association commented on the Green Paper.

Private Landlords

Lynne Jones: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 12 February 2003, Official Report, column 840W, on private landlords, for what reasons he has not published the results of the consultation on selective licensing of private landlords in accordance with criterion 6 of Cabinet Office guidelines on written consultations; and if he will make a statement. [103019]

Mr. McNulty: The draft Housing Bill, to be published in the next few weeks, will make clear how the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister proposes to take forward the proposals contained in the consultation paper on the selective licensing of private landlords. The Bill will be subject to further consultation and parliamentary scrutiny and a summary of the responses to the earlier consultation will be published as part of the package accompanying the Bill.

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Regional Governance

Mr. Hammond: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimates have been made by his Department as to the total cost of the soundings exercise on the level of interest in each English region in holding a referendum about establishing an elected regional assembly. [103262]

Mr. Raynsford: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Gosport (Mr. Viggers) on 14 January 2003, Official Report, columns 601–602W.

Right to Buy

Ms Oona King: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to publish the research undertaken by Bristol and Birmingham universities into the impact of the February 1999 changes to limits on Right to Buy discounts. [103233]

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Mr. McNulty: It is expected that the research report will be published in early May 2003. A copy of the full report and summary of the research will be placed in the Library of the House at the time of publication.

Shared Ownership

Ms Oona King: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership (DIYSO) purchases were funded through (a) the Housing Corporation and (b) local authority social housing grant in each Government office region in each year since 1995–96; and how many DIYSO purchases were funded through (i) the Housing Corporation and (ii) local authority social housing grant in each local authority in London in each year since 1995–96. [102312]

Mr. McNulty: The following tables show Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership (DIYSO) purchases each year since 1995–96, broken down by region and by London local authority.

(a) ADP funded DIYSO purchases

Region1995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–03
London1,06652860247925000
South East62938935632848000
South West47928121418439000
East Midlands31014715114228000
Eastern33222422114314000
West Midlands510306158499000
Yorkshire and Humber3532081046519000
North East20311051211000
North West611242128618000
England total4,4932,4351,9851,472191000

(b) LASHG funded DIYSO purchases

Region1995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–03
London2715167913910
South East273193217161188250238201
South West4407622166
East Midlands000139154
Eastern45202101
West Midlands113171618162217
Yorkshire and Humber30000000
North East00000000
North West00000000
England total312230252192226311300239

(a) and (b) DIYSO purchases by year since 1995–96, by London local authority

1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
ADPLA SHGADPLA SHGADPLA SHGADPLA SHG
Barking and Dagenham116117108102
Barnet360150200350
Bexley1601106060
Brent43013011070
Bromley22050140120
Camden490330600310
Croydon120405000
Ealing600290160160
Enfield350130140130
Greenwich22090160110
Hackney970340450310
Hammersmith and Fulham430450400140
Haringey690150170260
Harrow200408000
Havering152615050
Hillingdon381818615110
Hounslow421300200100
Islington690310320220
Kensington and Chelsea280200237322
Kingston upon Thames30060220120
Lambeth250260220110
Lewisham310190140150
Merton180908050
Newham320190320290
Redbridge16050140190
Richmond on Thames1609010073
Southwark160220130140
Sutton2007011050
Tower Hamlets350290140120
Waltham Forest23070280200
Wandsworth420150220310
Westminster21090150170
Out of London(3)140010000
1,0662752815602164797

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1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
ADPLA SHGADP(4)LA SHGADP(4)LA SHGADP(4)LA SHG
Barking and Dagenham01000
Barnet10000
Bexley20000
Brent00000
Bromley05442
Camden00000
Croydon00000
Ealing10002
Enfield00000
Greenwich10000
Hackney30000
Hammersmith and Fulham00000
Haringey00000
Harrow00000
Havering00000
Hillingdon00000
Hounslow00000
Islington20000
Kensington and Chelsea00000
Kingston upon Thames40000
Lambeth10000
Lewisham50000
Merton03100
Newham00000
Redbridge00000
Richmond on Thames00056
Southwark10000
Sutton00000
Tower Hamlets00000
Waltham Forest00800
Wandsworth30000
Westminster10000
Out of London(3)00000
25901309010

(3) Figures prior to 1997–98 were recorded by sponsor region and by purchase LA location; they are now recorded by sponsor LA location. On this table those before 1997–98 are by purchase location, though funded by London HAs/LAs; those after 1997–98 are by sponsor location.

(4) From 1999–2000, HC ADP was not used to fund DIYSO purchases.

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