House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 3 Feb 2005 (pt 24)

3 Feb 2005 : Column 1088W—continued

Social Exclusion Unit

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) staff and (b) running costs of the Social Exclusion Unit was in the last year for which figures are available. [211895]

Yvette Cooper: The information is as follows.

(a) Staff costs for the Social Exclusion Unit for the financial year to 31 March 2004 were £2,342,000.

(b) The running cost of the Social Exclusion Unit for the same period was £1,212,000.

The Social Exclusion Unit does not have a separate programme" budget and therefore the running cost figure includes the production costs of reports published during this period.

Social Housing

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homeless people there were in each local authority which has effected a large scale voluntary transfer in each of the two years (a) before and (b) after the transfer was effected. [210618]

Yvette Cooper: Information collected about local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is in respect of households, rather than persons. The number of households accepted as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and the number of households in temporary accommodation arranged under homelessness legislation for those authorities that have effected a large scale voluntary transfer since the first quarter of 2003 is tabled as follows. This also shows the number of persons reported as sleeping rough.

Rushcliffe
Bradford

LSVT date 20/01/2003
LSVT date 24/02/2003

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 33 119 — 229 55 —

April to June 26 122 0 392 56 0

July to September 46 119 — 375 55 —

October to December 41 145 — 312 45 —

2003

January to March 39 167 — 284 40 —

April to June 36 100 0 294 48 0

July to September 42 84 — 277 44 —

October to December 45 75 — 229 53 —

2004

January to March 42 92 — 238 47 —

April to June 51 102 0 233 57 0

July to September 36 94 — 269 65 —

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Amber Valley
Crewe and Nantwich

LSVT date 24/02/2003
LSVT date 10/03/2003

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 73 28 — 33 11 —

April to June 82 31 0 35 13 0

July to September 67 32 — 59 13 —

October to December 86 30 — 34 7 —

2003

January to March 100 24 — 61 7 —

April to June 90 33 0 98 10 0

July to September 95 31 — 67 5 —

October to December 76 28 — 43 7 —

2004

January to March 92 27 — 49 4 —

April to June 80 33 0 75 11 0

July to September 60 37 — 62 11 —

Walsall
Craven

LSVT date 27/03/2003
LSVT date 31/03/2003

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 351 48 — 5 7 —

April to June 23 62 0 8 7 0

July to September 90 41 — ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— —

October to December 81 39 — 2 2 —

2003

January to March 96 29 — 3 3 —

April to June 76 40 0 5 5 0

July to September 104 50 — 7 6 —

October to December 102 59 — 16 12 —

2004

January to March 147 62 — 14 11 —

April to June ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— 0 8 14 0

July to September 128 58 — 11 12 —

North Hertfordshire
Forest of Dean

LSVT date 31/03/2003
LSVT date 31/03/2003

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 45 108 — 39 38 —

April to June 46 110 0 43 40 0

July to September 56 113 — 52 50 —

October to December 64 123 — 53 57 —

2003

January to March 36 126 — 48 59 —

April to June 50 118 0 30 30 0

July to September 43 115 — 37 33 —

October to December 27 105 — 29 33 —

2004

January to March 45 118 — 37 31 —

April to June 37 128 0 19 28 0

July to September 30 121 — 31 34 —

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Scarborough
Maidstone

LSVT date 15/12/2003
LSVT date 01/02/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 47 40 — 43 393 —

April to June 61 35 0 32 430 0

July to September 63 31 — 43 433 —

October to December 50 33 — 31 440 —

2003

January to March 60 46 — 74 491 —

April to June 60 35 0 72 72 0

July to September 91 80 — 69 69 —

October to December 54 58 — 51 53 —

2004

January to March 99 74 — 36 39 —

April to June 121 58 0 57 57 0

July to September 61 85 — 84 86 —

Teignbridge
Cherwell

LSVT date 04/02/2004
LSVT date 29/03/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 70 418 — 50 204 —

April to June 76 401 0 70 219 0

July to September 57 392 — 56 213 —

October to December 60 396 — 56 201 —

2003

January to March 53 316 — 84 223 —

April to June 49 297 0 71 252 0

July to September 62 163 — 79 285 —

October to December 57 253 — ⁽¹²⁾— ⁽¹²⁾— —

2004

January to March 51 89 — 60 262 —

April to June 59 88 0 70 310 0

July to September 54 103 — 100 329 —

Bromsgrove
Hartlepool

LSVT date 29/03/2004
LSVT date 29/03/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 47 56 — 67 9 —

April to June 52 40 0 75 11 0

July to September 59 44 — 56 0 —

October to December 78 55 — 61 6 —

2003

January to March 61 77 — 76 4 —

April to June 55 77 0 78 3 0

July to September 69 93 — 85 2 —

October to December 65 69 62 2

2004

January to March 49 80 — 99 6 —

April to June 52 76 0 90 3 0

July to September 35 73 — 90 4 —

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Worcester
South Norfolk

LSVT date29/03/2004
LSVT date 17/05/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 66 68 — 37 31 —

April to June 58 67 6 38 42 0

July to September 52 115 — 43 51 —

October to December 36 58 — 39 59 —

2003

January to March 55 71 — 37 65 —

April to June 56 73 0 27 76 0

July to September 59 79 — 28 74 —

October to December 56 85 — 18 59 —

2004

January to March 51 103 — 20 49 —

April to June 42 118 0 16 69 0

July to September 38 110 — 34 72 —

Copeland
Purbeck

LSVT date 07/06/2004
LSVT date 26/06/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 21 1 — 21 43 —

April to June 16 1 0 19 13 0

July to September 25 2 — 13 47 —

October to December 7 2 — 16 29 —

2003

January to March 27 3 — 24 32 —

April to June 40 3 0 16 23 0

July to September 46 6 — 24 34 —

October to December 21 3 — 25 38 —

2004

January to March 35 6 — 29 16 —

April to June 23 6 0 15 11 0

July to September 36 10 — 16 26 —

Peterborough
Forest Heath

LSVT date 04/10/2004
LSVT date 11/10/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾ Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 49 148 — 8 12 —

April to June 72 177 3 7 15 0

July to September 86 227 — 14 21 —

October to December 103 242 — 11 19 —

2003

January to March 84 302 — 13 16 —

April to June 112 352 9 9 17 0

July to September 126 335 — 16 16 —

October to December 105 107 — 16 13 —

2004

January to March 126 114 — 16 19 —

April to June 143 79 4 8 13 0

July to September 121 62 — 16 15 —

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Middlesbrough

LSVT date 15/11/2004

Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾ In temporary accommodation
at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾ Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾

2002

January to March 68 29 —

April to June 80 35 0

July to September 104 32 —

October to December 104 28 —

2003

January to March 82 28 —

April to June 100 32 0

July to September 119 22 —

October to December 130 29 —

2004

January to March 113 38 —

April to June 124 39 0

July to September 116 33 —

⁽⁹⁾Applicant households found to be eligible, unintentionally homeless and in a priority need group under homelessness legislation.
⁽¹⁰⁾Households in accommodation either pending a decision on their homelessness application or awaiting re-allocation of a settled home following acceptance. Excludes those households designated as homeless at home" that have remained in their existing accommodation and have the same rights to suitable alternative accommodation as those in accommodation arranged by the authority.
⁽¹¹⁾Mid-year estimate or recent street count.
⁽¹²⁾Data not reported by local authority. ODPM calculates estimates for any missing data fields in the compilation of national and regional totals.
Source:
ODPM P1E homelessness returns (quarterly) and Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (annual)

	Rushcliffe	Bradford
	LSVT date 20/01/2003	LSVT date 24/02/2003
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	33	119	—	229	55	—
April to June	26	122	0	392	56	0
July to September	46	119	—	375	55	—
October to December	41	145	—	312	45	—
2003
January to March	39	167	—	284	40	—
April to June	36	100	0	294	48	0
July to September	42	84	—	277	44	—
October to December	45	75	—	229	53	—
2004
January to March	42	92	—	238	47	—
April to June	51	102	0	233	57	0
July to September	36	94	—	269	65	—

	Amber Valley	Crewe and Nantwich
	LSVT date 24/02/2003	LSVT date 10/03/2003
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	73	28	—	33	11	—
April to June	82	31	0	35	13	0
July to September	67	32	—	59	13	—
October to December	86	30	—	34	7	—
2003
January to March	100	24	—	61	7	—
April to June	90	33	0	98	10	0
July to September	95	31	—	67	5	—
October to December	76	28	—	43	7	—
2004
January to March	92	27	—	49	4	—
April to June	80	33	0	75	11	0
July to September	60	37	—	62	11	—

	Walsall	Craven
	LSVT date 27/03/2003	LSVT date 31/03/2003
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	351	48	—	5	7	—
April to June	23	62	0	8	7	0
July to September	90	41	—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	—
October to December	81	39	—	2	2	—
2003
January to March	96	29	—	3	3	—
April to June	76	40	0	5	5	0
July to September	104	50	—	7	6	—
October to December	102	59	—	16	12	—
2004
January to March	147	62	—	14	11	—
April to June	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	0	8	14	0
July to September	128	58	—	11	12	—

	North Hertfordshire	Forest of Dean
	LSVT date 31/03/2003	LSVT date 31/03/2003
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	45	108	—	39	38	—
April to June	46	110	0	43	40	0
July to September	56	113	—	52	50	—
October to December	64	123	—	53	57	—
2003
January to March	36	126	—	48	59	—
April to June	50	118	0	30	30	0
July to September	43	115	—	37	33	—
October to December	27	105	—	29	33	—
2004
January to March	45	118	—	37	31	—
April to June	37	128	0	19	28	0
July to September	30	121	—	31	34	—

	Scarborough	Maidstone
	LSVT date 15/12/2003	LSVT date 01/02/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	47	40	—	43	393	—
April to June	61	35	0	32	430	0
July to September	63	31	—	43	433	—
October to December	50	33	—	31	440	—
2003
January to March	60	46	—	74	491	—
April to June	60	35	0	72	72	0
July to September	91	80	—	69	69	—
October to December	54	58	—	51	53	—
2004
January to March	99	74	—	36	39	—
April to June	121	58	0	57	57	0
July to September	61	85	—	84	86	—

	Teignbridge	Cherwell
	LSVT date 04/02/2004	LSVT date 29/03/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	70	418	—	50	204	—
April to June	76	401	0	70	219	0
July to September	57	392	—	56	213	—
October to December	60	396	—	56	201	—
2003
January to March	53	316	—	84	223	—
April to June	49	297	0	71	252	0
July to September	62	163	—	79	285	—
October to December	57	253	—	⁽¹²⁾—	⁽¹²⁾—	—
2004
January to March	51	89	—	60	262	—
April to June	59	88	0	70	310	0
July to September	54	103	—	100	329	—

	Bromsgrove	Hartlepool
	LSVT date 29/03/2004	LSVT date 29/03/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	47	56	—	67	9	—
April to June	52	40	0	75	11	0
July to September	59	44	—	56	0	—
October to December	78	55	—	61	6	—
2003
January to March	61	77	—	76	4	—
April to June	55	77	0	78	3	0
July to September	69	93	—	85	2	—
October to December	65	69		62	2
2004
January to March	49	80	—	99	6	—
April to June	52	76	0	90	3	0
July to September	35	73	—	90	4	—

	Worcester	South Norfolk
	LSVT date29/03/2004	LSVT date 17/05/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	66	68	—	37	31	—
April to June	58	67	6	38	42	0
July to September	52	115	—	43	51	—
October to December	36	58	—	39	59	—
2003
January to March	55	71	—	37	65	—
April to June	56	73	0	27	76	0
July to September	59	79	—	28	74	—
October to December	56	85	—	18	59	—
2004
January to March	51	103	—	20	49	—
April to June	42	118	0	16	69	0
July to September	38	110	—	34	72	—

	Copeland	Purbeck
	LSVT date 07/06/2004	LSVT date 26/06/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	21	1	—	21	43	—
April to June	16	1	0	19	13	0
July to September	25	2	—	13	47	—
October to December	7	2	—	16	29	—
2003
January to March	27	3	—	24	32	—
April to June	40	3	0	16	23	0
July to September	46	6	—	24	34	—
October to December	21	3	—	25	38	—
2004
January to March	35	6	—	29	16	—
April to June	23	6	0	15	11	0
July to September	36	10	—	16	26	—

	Peterborough	Forest Heath
	LSVT date 04/10/2004	LSVT date 11/10/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	49	148	—	8	12	—
April to June	72	177	3	7	15	0
July to September	86	227	—	14	21	—
October to December	103	242	—	11	19	—
2003
January to March	84	302	—	13	16	—
April to June	112	352	9	9	17	0
July to September	126	335	—	16	16	—
October to December	105	107	—	16	13	—
2004
January to March	126	114	—	16	19	—
April to June	143	79	4	8	13	0
July to September	121	62	—	16	15	—

	Middlesbrough
	LSVT date 15/11/2004
	Accepted during quarter⁽⁹⁾	In temporary accommodation at end of quarter⁽¹⁰⁾	Rough sleepers⁽¹¹⁾
2002
January to March	68	29	—
April to June	80	35	0
July to September	104	32	—
October to December	104	28	—
2003
January to March	82	28	—
April to June	100	32	0
July to September	119	22	—
October to December	130	29	—
2004
January to March	113	38	—
April to June	124	39	0
July to September	116	33	—

After being accepted as homeless, a household will be placed in some form of accommodation. They may be placed in temporary accommodation, until a settled solution becomes available, or they may be given a settled solution straight away depending on the accommodation available to the local authority. As an alternative to temporary accommodation an authority may arrange for a household to remain in their current accommodation (homeless at home), until a settled solution becomes available.

Some households in temporary accommodation were being accommodated pending completion of inquiries into their application, or awaiting the outcome of an LA review/county court appeal against the authority's decision, or had been found intentionally homeless and subsequently were being accommodated for a reasonable period as permitted under legislation.

Information is also collected on the number of people who sleep rough—that is, those who are literally roofless on a single night. This is based on a combination of the most recent street counts and estimates made by local authorities.

Quarterly Statistical Releases on statutory homelessness published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister include information on both Acceptances and households in temporary accommodation at local authority level in an associated Supplementary Table. The latest Release of, 13 December, and previous editions are available both in the Library of the House and via the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website. Statistics on Rough Sleepers are also published via the website.

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Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister on what basis additional land can be (a) given and (b) sold to registered social landlords after large scale voluntary transfers have been agreed. [211583]

Keith Hill: All disposals of housing land by local authorities to any party, including registered social landlords, require the consent of the Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister. Consent is required under section 32 of the Housing Act 1985 if the disposal is at market value or under section 25 of the Local Government Act 1988 if the disposal is below market value and therefore includes an element of financial assistance or gratuitous benefit. There are General Consents under both provisions which allow local authorities to dispose of housing land in certain circumstances without seeking the specific consent of the Secretary of State.

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