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Transport Funding (Warrington)

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Government funding has been allocated for transport improvements in Warrington in each of the past five years. [180082]

Mr. McNulty [pursuant to my reply, 12 August 2004, Official Report, c. 699W]: Funding for transport improvements allocated to Warrington in the last five years is as follows.
 
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£ million

ImprovementMaintenance
2004–053.02.9
2003–042.22.8
2002–032.22.5
2001–022.02.4
2000–012.02.4

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Domestic Violence

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2004, Official Report, column 1461W, on domestic violence, if he will list the radio stations, women's press and supermarkets where the helpline was advertised; and if he will list the sites of the washroom posters. [187072]

Phil Hope: The following list contains the radio stations, women's press and supermarkets where the helpline was advertised. A separate list of the washroom sites has been made available in the Library of the House.

Radio:


 
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Women's press:

Supermarkets:

Fraud/Theft

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to Government Offices of the Regions in each of the last five years. [186400]

Phil Hope: The cost of fraud to Government Offices for the Regions in the last five years has been £4,618.73.

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the equivalent monetary cost of theft to the Government Office of the Regions has been in each year since 1997. [186407]

Phil Hope: The equivalent monetary cost of theft from the Government Offices since 1997 is tabled as follows:
£
1997–989,400
1998–990
1999–2000653
2000–014,137
2001–0230,000
2002–034,000
2003–048,500
2004 to date9,550
Total (since 1997)66,240

Homelessness

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many households were living in temporary accommodation in the Bury St. Edmunds constituency
 
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in each year since 1997; and how many of those households included dependent children. [187203]

Phil Hope: Information is not collected at constituency level, only at local authority level. A summary of information reported by St. Edmundsbury district council about the number of homeless households in temporary accommodation as at 31 March of each year since 1997 is tabled as follows. The number of households in temporary accommodation containing dependent children or expectant mothers has only been collected since March 2002.
Households in temporary accommodation(2) arranged bySt. Edmundsbury district council, as at 31 March

Total householdsOf which:
with dependent children(3)
199729n/a
199826n/a
199928n/a
200031n/a
200136n/a
200222not reported
20031613
20043628


(2) Households in temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority pending inquiries, or after being accepted, under homelessness legislation.
(3) Includes an expectant mother. Data only collected since March 2002.
Source:
ODPM PIE homelessness returns (quarterly).



Neighbourhood Schemes (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) street warden, (b) neighbourhood warden and (c) neighbourhood management schemes he has approved in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne; what the value of each was; what schemes have been rejected; and which schemes have been bid for but not yet determined. [186856]

Phil Hope: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister funds one street warden scheme operating in the Byker Ward of Newcastle upon Tyne. The scheme has received £300,000 in ODPM funding, which started in 2001 and will end on 31 March 2005. There are no neighbourhood warden or neighbourhood management pathfinder schemes operating in Newcastle upon Tyne which are funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. No other schemes were rejected or bid for but not yet determined.

Power Lines (Residential Properties)

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance he has issued concerning the building of residential properties under or near power lines. [186155]

Keith Hill: The Government have not issued guidance concerning the building of residential properties near power lines.

However, following the publication of the National Radiological Protection Board's (NRPB) new Electromagnetic Field (EMF) guidelines in March 2004 and the associated advice to Government, the
 
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Government are committed to taking forward the issue of building near power lines in consultation with all the relevant stakeholder groups.

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