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High Hedges
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will produce the regulations under Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. [194339]
Phil Hope: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 27 October 2004, Official Report, column 1301W.
Houses in Multiple Occupation
Mr. Jon Owen Jones: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of three storey houses in multiple occupation in Wales that will not be subject to the mandatory HMO licensing scheme envisaged in the Housing Bill. [194519]
Keith Hill: No such estimates have been made by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as these are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Jon Trickett: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of three-storey houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in England that will not be subject to the mandatory HMO licensing scheme envisaged in the Housing Bill. [194808]
Keith Hill: The information requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Housing
Jon Cruddas: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many empty homes there are in each (a) Inner London and (b) Outer London local authority. [194420]
Keith Hill: The latest information on empty dwellings in each local authority in inner and outer London is tabled as follows. This data has been provided from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's annual Housing Investment Programme returns and Housing Corporation's annual Regulatory Statistical returns, as reported by local authorities and registered social landlords respectively.
(17) Data not known or available.
Source:
ODPM's Housing Investment Programme returns and Housing Corporation's Regulatory Statistical returns.
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Local Authority Income
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total net income of local authorities in England is projected to be for 2004–05. [194691]
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Mr. Raynsford: The projected total net income for all local authorities in England in 2004–05 is £78,711 million. This figure is as reported by local authorities and is taken from the revenue account (RA) budget form for 2004–05.
The net income figure is calculated as the sum of police grant, revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, general Greater London authority (GLA) grant, special and specific grants inside aggregate external finance (AEF) and the council tax requirement. It excludes any income from sales, fees and charges.
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) North East Lincolnshire council and (b) North Lincolnshire council received in Government grant in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each year since each council was established; and by how much in real terms the grant changed in each of those years. [194181]
Mr. Raynsford: The amount of Government grant North East Lincolnshire council and North Lincolnshire council has received in (i) cash and (ii) real terms each year since 1996–97 and the real terms percentage change is tabled as follows.
The data shown, as reported by the local authority, are outturn figures for all years except 2003–04 and 2004–05 which are budget estimates.
Government grants is defined here in terms of Revenue Support Grant, SSA Reduction Grant, Police Grant, Central Support Protection Grant and the distributed amount from non-domestic pool i.e. Formula Grant, plus specific and special grants within Aggregate External Finance (AEF).
The figures have been revalued for previous years at 2004–05 prices using the latest GDP deflators.
The data have been taken from returns made by local authorities and so do not allow for transfers of funding and function. In particular the figures for 2003–04 and earlier years include funding for Fire where as the 2004–05 figures exclude such funding which now goes directly to the combined fire authority.
Local Government Finance
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to link tax with income to fund local government; and if he will make a statement. [194653]
Mr. Raynsford: The Government has appointed Sir Michael Lyons to undertake an independent inquiry that will consider, in the light of the report by the Balance of Funding Review, the detailed case for changes to the present system of local government funding and make recommendations on any changes that are necessary and how to implement them. The inquiry will, among other things, make recommendations on how best to reform council tax, taking into account the forthcoming revaluation of domestic property and conduct thorough analysis of options other than council tax for local authorities to raise supplementary revenue, including local income tax, reform of non-domestic rates and other possible local taxes and charges, as well as the possible combination of such options.
Local Government Pension Scheme
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total cost was in the financial year 2002–03 of the employers' contribution to the Local Government Pension Scheme. [194813]
Phil Hope:
The total cost of the employers' contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme in 2002–03 was £2.91 billion.
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Manufacturing (Glass)
Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the number of planning applications for new glass container manufacturing plants in England since 2000; and what the estimated output of each new plant is. [194721]
Keith Hill: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ministerial Travel
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his journey to and from the studio for the BBC's Politics Show on 24 October incurred public expenditure. [195208]
Phil Hope: My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister's journey was conducted in accordance with "Travel by Ministers".
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