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Gypsies/Travellers
Mr. Battle: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when his review of Gypsy and Traveller community provision will be published. [164459]
Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's review of Gypsy and Traveller accommodation policy will be completed by the summer.
Mr. Swire: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the costs to (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall local authorities by the eviction of Gypsies and Travellers in the last three years. [164791]
Yvette Cooper: This information is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Housing
Mr. Love: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he intends to publish a full analysis of the responses to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions". [164652]
Keith Hill: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will publish an analysis of the responses to the consultation paper, along with our proposals for taking this matter forward, as soon as it is practicable to do so.
Mr. Love: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many respondents to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions", (a) supported and (b) opposed each of the four options for the new mechanism to bring private sector empty homes back into use. [164653]
Keith Hill: Respondents to the consultation paper were asked to indicate which option, or combination of options, they preferred in respect of a proposed power to enable local authorities to take temporary management control of empty homes. The options were as follows:
- Option 1—Leasing to remain a voluntary option;
- Option 2—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to the physical condition of properties;
- Option 3—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to housing need;
- Option 4—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to the physical condition of properties and housing need.
Of the 134 responses received to the consultation paper, 115 answered this question. The responses, according to the options preferred, are summarised as follows:
- Option 1—one respondent
- Option 2—11 respondents
- Option 3—19 respondents
- Option 4—30 respondents
- Options 2 and 3—42 respondents
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- Options 3 and 4—three respondents
- Options 2,3,4—four respondents
- Options 1,2,3,4—one respondent
In addition, four respondents said that they preferred none of the options.
Mr. Love: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library copies of the responses to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions". [164654]
Keith Hill: Copies of the responses to the consultation paper have been made available in the Library of the Houses.
Mr. Love: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the respondents to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: Temporary Management, Lasting Solutions". [164655]
Keith Hill: Where respondents to the consultation paper provided their name and (where appropriate) the name of the organisation they represented, the information is listed as follows.
Respondents to consultation paper "Empty Homes: Temporary Management, Lasting Solutions"
- Pat Smith, Sevenoaks District Council
- Karen Cregan, Spelthorne, Borough Council
- Isobel Panton, Kennet District Council
- Gordon Partridge, Breckland District Council
- Tim Clarke, Ipswich Borough Council
- Elicia Kimber, South Oxfordshire District Council
- Rachel Shalan, Herts, Beds and Bucks Empty Homes Forum
- Nigel Kersey, CPRE London
- Elizabeth Wrigley, Core Connections
- Pardeep Singh, Leicester County Council
- John Littlemore, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Bradford District Tenants and Residents Federation
- Steve Hawksworth, Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
- Jo and Jonathan Ellis
- Gwyneth Taylor, Local Government Association
- Alison Whiteley, Rushmoor Borough Council
- S. J. Melinek
- Lisa Wilson, Gateshead Council
- Paul Thomson, Bolton At Home
- Sadhu Chahal, Swindon Borough Council
- Helen Turner, London Borough of Barnet
- Tiffany Kearton, Westminster Housing Co-Op
- David Firth, Selby District Council
- Jim Nolan, Epping Forest District Council
- Tara Bradley, Homeless Link
- Emma Kumar, Brighton and Hove District Council
- Paul Copeland, Wandsworth Council
- Dominic Towey, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sue Questier, Hunts District Council
- Nick Davies, London Borough of Brent
- Craig Jane, Horizon Housing Group
- Sarah Johnson, Colchester Borough Council
- Tess Donovan, South Gloucester Council
- Joanne Murray, Short-Life Housing
- Michael Yeo, Torbay Council
- Helen Carlyle, Bath and North East Somerset Council
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- Helen Caves, Coventry Council
- Steven Mcgovern, Mid Sussex District Council
- Vicki Dubury, Thanet Council
- Jack Dromey, Transport and General Workers Union
- Bill Field, Liverpool Council
- Martin Parsons, Bromley Council
- David Ireland, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Richard Farr, Brentwood Borough Council
- Dr. Mark Kleinman, Greater London Authority
- Allison Hudson, Stroud District Council
- Jane Mcevoy, Luton Borough Council
- Peter Bolton King, National Association of Estate Agents
- Nick Caprara, London Borough of Harrow
- Stephen Edmonds, Darlington Borough Council
- David Gibbens, Exeter City Council
- Christine Jacobs, London Borough of Lambeth
- Dave Chetwyn, Institute of Historic Building Conservation
- Ruth Newman, London Borough of Camden
- Ian Radcliffe, Corby Borough Council
- Carl Price, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- Deborah Garvie, Shelter
- Anastacia Mulenga, Association of London Government
- Pat Taylor, Worthing Borough Council
- Liz King, Yorkshire And Humberside Empty Properties Forum
- Phil Garland, Swale Borough Council
- Anna Ring, British Property Federation
- Andrew Dench, Housing Corporation
- Richard Price, National Federation of Residential Landlords
- Val Dobbs, East Lindsey District Council
- Jackie Bennett, Council of Mortgage Lenders
- Lorraine Edmondson, Northampton Borough Council
- Martin Calvert, Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Paul Stamp, City of York Council
- Keith Broxup, Southwark Council
- Stephen Clarke, Haringey Council
- Richard Parkin, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- James Johnson, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Tracey Slater, Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Paul Smith, Phoenix Community Housing Co-Operative
- Billy Hughes, New Forest District Council
- Joanne Craik, South Holland District Council
- Phil Toal, Sunderland Housing Group
- Dave Adams, Portsmouth City Council
- Harry Quarrell, Wycombe District Council
- Maggie Jones, Unison
- Jenny Harris, National Housing Federation
- Jane Mcinerney, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames
- Louise Waring, Royal Town Planning Institute
- Derek Welsh, Sunderland City Council
- Dan Lucas, Nottingham City Council
- Simon Latham, London Borough of Sutton
- Bob Osborne, Salford City Council
- Alan Savery, Borough of Basingstoke and Deane
- Vicki Harris
- Jeff Maslen, London Borough of Hillingdon
- Dave Carter, London Borough of Enfield
- Rachel Shalan, Mid Beds District Council
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- Erika Grunert, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Lanek Banga, London Borough of Newham
- Alison Harrison
- Vicki Dubury, Kent Empty Property Officer Forum
- Duncan Stone, Guildford Borough Council
- Helen Page, Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council
- Oliver Foster, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Phil Baker, Hull County Council
- Sarah May
- James Macdonald, Sanford Housing Co-Op
- Cathy Hadfield, Kerrier District Council
- Cllr Elizabeth Cartwright, East Hampshire District Council
- Sue Cullip, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Mark Gibson, Chartered Institute of Housing
- Peter Gaimster, Sussex Empty Homes Forum
- Mary Cooch
- Andrew Griffiths, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
- Wasyl Wolczuk, Gloucester City Council
- Rob Pearce, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Keith Gunner, Southampton City Council
- Anthony Spencer, Westminster Housing Co-operative
- Susan Horrobin, Dover District Council
- Graham Rosenberg
- Alex Dinsdale, Countryside Alliance
- Sarah Ingamells, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Claire James, Herefordshire Council
- Edmee Elias, London Borough of Croydon
- Michael Walsh, Birmingham City Council
- Alison Thomas, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Chris Galley, Sheffield Metropolitan District Council
- Trevor Sennett
- Jeremy Mason, Derby City Council
- Keith Gunner and Julia Potter, Strategic Officers
- Housing Group and Empty Property Forum
- Mary Stribling, Eastleigh Borough Council
- Peter Gaimster, Eastbourne Borough Council
- Nick Caprara, National Association of Empty
- Property Practitioners
- City of Westminster
- Empty Homes Agency
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