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Community Wardens

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the local authorities that have received central government funding for community and neighbourhood wardens since 1997; for how long that funding was allocated; and which local authorities which have received it no longer receive such central funding. [216296]

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Yvette Cooper: The Government have funded three rounds of warden pilot schemes. The information is in the following table. Funding for the first round of warden pilots began in 2000–01, with rounds two and three starting in 2001–02 and 2002–03 respectively. Funding for the first round of warden pilots ended in March 2004, funding for the second round will end in March this year and funding for the third round will end in March 2006. Of the 84 round 1, neighbourhood warden schemes, 70 (83 per cent.) have been sustained after the end of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's funding and continue to operate as successful warden schemes. For the 122 round 2, street warden schemes, the majority already have future funding

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agreed although in some areas decisions have yet to be taken. Guidance has been issued to all round 2 street warden schemes whose funding ends in March 2005. This includes information on how other schemes achieved continued funding, a list of funding sources and guidance for schemes on how they can contribute to Government floor targets. Sustainability events have been organised regionally by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's funded warden resource centres. Letters of support from senior officials in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and visits from trained consultants are also available to schemes who are seeking future funding. In addition at least 150 more warden schemes have been set up by LAs, RSLs on other bodies without pilot funding.
ODPM funded warden schemes led by local authorities

Local authority Funding round 1 Funding round 2 Funding round 3 Total number of schemes

Allerdale DC 1 0 0 1

Amber Valley BC 0 1 0 1

Avon and Somerset DC 0 1 0 1

Barnsley MBC 1 1 0 2

Bedford BC 0 1 0 1

Birmingham city council 2 2 1 5

Blackpool DC 0 0 1 1

Bolton MBC 1 0 0 1

Boston BC 1 0 0 1

Bradford CC 0 1 1 2

Bristol CC 0 2 2 4

Burnley BC 1 1 0 2

Bury MBC 1 1 0 2

Caerphilly CC 1 0 0 1

Calderdale CC 0 1 0 1

Cambridge CC 0 1 0 1

Cannock Chase DC 0 1 0 1

Canterbury CC 1 0 0 1

Charnwood BC 0 1 0 1

Cherwell DC 0 1 0 1

Chester CC 0 1 0 1

City of Cardiff 1 0 0 1

City of Swansea 1 0 0 1

Colchester BC 0 1 0 1

Congleton BC 0 1 0 1

Cornwall MBC 0 1 0 1

Coventry city council 1 0 1 2

Dacorum BC 1 0 0 1

Darlington CC 1 0 0 1

Dartford BC 0 1 0 1

Derby BC 1 0 0 1

Derwent and Solway MBC 0 1 0 1

District of Bolsover 0 1 0 1

Doncaster MBC 1 1 0 2

Easington DC 0 1 0 1

Eastbourne BC 0 1 0 1

Exeter CC 1 0 0 1

Gateshead MBC 1 1 0 2

Gosport BC 1 0 0 1

Great Yarmouth CC 0 1 0 1

Guildford BC 1 1 0 2

Gwynedd CC 1 0 0 1

Hastings B.C. 1 1 0 2

Horsham DC 1 0 0 1

Hull city council 1 0 0 1

Huntingdonshire DC 1 1 0 2

Ipswich BC 0 1 0 1

Kerrier CC 1 0 0 1

Kirklees BC 1 1 0 2

Knowle West MBC 0 1 0 1

Knowsley BC 1 0 0 1

Lancaster city council 0 1 0 1

LB Barking and Dagenham 0 1 0 1

LB Barnet 1 1 0 2

LB Basildon 0 1 0 1

LB Brent 0 0 1 1

LB Camden 0 1 1 2

LB Croydon 0 0 1 1

LB Ealing 0 0 1 1

LB Greenwich 0 1 0 1

LB Hackney 1 0 0 1

LB Hackney 0 0 1 1

LB Hammersmith and Fulham 0 1 0 1

LB Haringey 0 0 1 1

LB Harrow 0 1 0 1

LB Hounslow 1 0 0 1

LB Islington 1 0 1 2

LB Lewisham 1 1 1 3

LB Merton 1 1 0 2

LB Newham 0 0 1 1

LB Redbridge 0 1 0 1

LB Southwark 1 1 1 3

LB Streatham 0 0 1 1

LB Tower Hamlets 1 1 1 3

LB Walthamstow 0 0 1 1

LB Wandsworth 0 1 1 2

LB Westminster 0 0 1 1

LB Havering 1 0 0 1

LB Hillingdon 1 0 0 1

Leeds city council 1 l 1 3

Leicester city council 1 0 0 1

Lincolnshire DC 0 1 0 1

Liverpool city council 2 0 1 3

Luton BC 0 1 0 1

Macclesfield DC 1 0 0 1

Malvern Hills DC 0 1 0 1

Manchester MBC 4 0 1 5

Mansfield DC 0 1 0 1

Merthyr Tydfil county BC 1 0 0 1

Middlesbrough BC 1 1 0 2

Milton Keynes council 1 0 1 2

Newark and Sherwood DC 0 1 0 1

Newcastle CC 0 1 0 1

North Tyneside DC 1 0 0 1

Northumberland CC 2 1 0 3

Norwich city council 1 1 0 2

Nottingham city council 1 1 1 3

Oldham BC 1 0 0 1

Oxford DC 0 0 1 1

Peterborough BC 0 1 0 1

Portsmouth city council 1 0 0 1

Preston DC 0 1 1 2

Reading BC 0 1 1 2

Redcar and Cleveland DC 0 1 0 1

Rotherham BC 1 1 0 2

Royal Borough of Kingston 0 1 0 1

Salford city council 1 1 1 3

Sandwell MBC 0 2 0 2

Sedgefield DC 1 0 0 1

Sevenoaks DC 0 1 0 1

Sheffield CC 2 1 1 4

Slough BC 1 1 1 3

Solihull MBC 0 1 0 1

South Gloucestershire CC 1 0 0 1

South Kesteven CC 0 1 0 1

South Manchester 0 0 1 1

South Tyneside council 1 1 0 2

Spelthorne MBC 0 1 0 1

Stevenage borough council 1 0 0 1

Stockport MBC 0 1 1 2

Stockton DC 1 1 0 2

Stoke on Trent city council 1 0 0 1

Sunderland BC 1 0 0 1

Sutton DC 1 0 0 1

Swindon BC 0 1 0 1

Tameside MBC 0 1 0 1

Tamworth BC 0 1 0 1

Test Valley BC 0 1 0 1

Thanet CC 0 1 0 1

Thurrock council 0 1 0 1

Torbay CC 0 1 0 1

Trafford MBC 2 1 1 4

Vale of White Horse DC 1 0 0 1

Vale Royal BC 0 1 0 1

Wakefield DC 1 0 0 1

Walsall MBC 1 1 1 3

Wealdon DC 0 1 0 1

Wear Valley DC 0 1 0 1

Welwyn Hatfield DC 0 1 0 1

West Bromwich BC 0 0 1 1

West Lancashire DC 1 0 0 1

Wigan BC 1 0 0 1

Wirral DC 1 0 0 1

Wolverhampton MBC 1 0 1 2

Wyre Forest DC 2 0 0 2

Total 82 90 38 210

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Local authority	Funding round 1	Funding round 2	Funding round 3	Total number of schemes
Allerdale DC	1	0	0	1
Amber Valley BC	0	1	0	1
Avon and Somerset DC	0	1	0	1
Barnsley MBC	1	1	0	2
Bedford BC	0	1	0	1
Birmingham city council	2	2	1	5
Blackpool DC	0	0	1	1
Bolton MBC	1	0	0	1
Boston BC	1	0	0	1
Bradford CC	0	1	1	2
Bristol CC	0	2	2	4
Burnley BC	1	1	0	2
Bury MBC	1	1	0	2
Caerphilly CC	1	0	0	1
Calderdale CC	0	1	0	1
Cambridge CC	0	1	0	1
Cannock Chase DC	0	1	0	1
Canterbury CC	1	0	0	1
Charnwood BC	0	1	0	1
Cherwell DC	0	1	0	1
Chester CC	0	1	0	1
City of Cardiff	1	0	0	1
City of Swansea	1	0	0	1
Colchester BC	0	1	0	1
Congleton BC	0	1	0	1
Cornwall MBC	0	1	0	1
Coventry city council	1	0	1	2
Dacorum BC	1	0	0	1
Darlington CC	1	0	0	1
Dartford BC	0	1	0	1
Derby BC	1	0	0	1
Derwent and Solway MBC	0	1	0	1
District of Bolsover	0	1	0	1
Doncaster MBC	1	1	0	2
Easington DC	0	1	0	1
Eastbourne BC	0	1	0	1
Exeter CC	1	0	0	1
Gateshead MBC	1	1	0	2
Gosport BC	1	0	0	1
Great Yarmouth CC	0	1	0	1
Guildford BC	1	1	0	2
Gwynedd CC	1	0	0	1
Hastings B.C.	1	1	0	2
Horsham DC	1	0	0	1
Hull city council	1	0	0	1
Huntingdonshire DC	1	1	0	2
Ipswich BC	0	1	0	1
Kerrier CC	1	0	0	1
Kirklees BC	1	1	0	2
Knowle West MBC	0	1	0	1
Knowsley BC	1	0	0	1
Lancaster city council	0	1	0	1
LB Barking and Dagenham	0	1	0	1
LB Barnet	1	1	0	2
LB Basildon	0	1	0	1
LB Brent	0	0	1	1
LB Camden	0	1	1	2
LB Croydon	0	0	1	1
LB Ealing	0	0	1	1
LB Greenwich	0	1	0	1
LB Hackney	1	0	0	1
LB Hackney	0	0	1	1
LB Hammersmith and Fulham	0	1	0	1
LB Haringey	0	0	1	1
LB Harrow	0	1	0	1
LB Hounslow	1	0	0	1
LB Islington	1	0	1	2
LB Lewisham	1	1	1	3
LB Merton	1	1	0	2
LB Newham	0	0	1	1
LB Redbridge	0	1	0	1
LB Southwark	1	1	1	3
LB Streatham	0	0	1	1
LB Tower Hamlets	1	1	1	3
LB Walthamstow	0	0	1	1
LB Wandsworth	0	1	1	2
LB Westminster	0	0	1	1
LB Havering	1	0	0	1
LB Hillingdon	1	0	0	1
Leeds city council	1	l	1	3
Leicester city council	1	0	0	1
Lincolnshire DC	0	1	0	1
Liverpool city council	2	0	1	3
Luton BC	0	1	0	1
Macclesfield DC	1	0	0	1
Malvern Hills DC	0	1	0	1
Manchester MBC	4	0	1	5
Mansfield DC	0	1	0	1
Merthyr Tydfil county BC	1	0	0	1
Middlesbrough BC	1	1	0	2
Milton Keynes council	1	0	1	2
Newark and Sherwood DC	0	1	0	1
Newcastle CC	0	1	0	1
North Tyneside DC	1	0	0	1
Northumberland CC	2	1	0	3
Norwich city council	1	1	0	2
Nottingham city council	1	1	1	3
Oldham BC	1	0	0	1
Oxford DC	0	0	1	1
Peterborough BC	0	1	0	1
Portsmouth city council	1	0	0	1
Preston DC	0	1	1	2
Reading BC	0	1	1	2
Redcar and Cleveland DC	0	1	0	1
Rotherham BC	1	1	0	2
Royal Borough of Kingston	0	1	0	1
Salford city council	1	1	1	3
Sandwell MBC	0	2	0	2
Sedgefield DC	1	0	0	1
Sevenoaks DC	0	1	0	1
Sheffield CC	2	1	1	4
Slough BC	1	1	1	3
Solihull MBC	0	1	0	1
South Gloucestershire CC	1	0	0	1
South Kesteven CC	0	1	0	1
South Manchester	0	0	1	1
South Tyneside council	1	1	0	2
Spelthorne MBC	0	1	0	1
Stevenage borough council	1	0	0	1
Stockport MBC	0	1	1	2
Stockton DC	1	1	0	2
Stoke on Trent city council	1	0	0	1
Sunderland BC	1	0	0	1
Sutton DC	1	0	0	1
Swindon BC	0	1	0	1
Tameside MBC	0	1	0	1
Tamworth BC	0	1	0	1
Test Valley BC	0	1	0	1
Thanet CC	0	1	0	1
Thurrock council	0	1	0	1
Torbay CC	0	1	0	1
Trafford MBC	2	1	1	4
Vale of White Horse DC	1	0	0	1
Vale Royal BC	0	1	0	1
Wakefield DC	1	0	0	1
Walsall MBC	1	1	1	3
Wealdon DC	0	1	0	1
Wear Valley DC	0	1	0	1
Welwyn Hatfield DC	0	1	0	1
West Bromwich BC	0	0	1	1
West Lancashire DC	1	0	0	1
Wigan BC	1	0	0	1
Wirral DC	1	0	0	1
Wolverhampton MBC	1	0	1	2
Wyre Forest DC	2	0	0	2
Total	82	90	38	210

Council House Repairs

Mr. Amess: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Department met its target to reduce the council house repairs backlog by at least 900,000 properties by April 2004; if he will set a new target further to reduce the council house repairs backlog; and if he will make a statement. [223447]

Keith Hill: Repairs to council housing are now covered by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's target to ensure that all social sector homes reach the decent homes standard by 2010. By reducing the number of non-decent homes we are also reducing the repairs backlog.

Council Tax

Mr. Laws: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will rank in descending order for each (a) county council and (b) district council the change in the level of council tax levied (i) between 1996–97 and 2005–06 and (ii) between 2000–01 and 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [223715]

Mr. Raynsford: The information requested has been made available in the Library of the House.

Empty Homes (Somerset)

Brian Cotter: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many empty homes there are in (a) North Somerset and (b) the parliamentary constituency of Weston-Super-Mare. [223368]

Keith Hill: The answer for (a) , ie the total number of empty properties in North Somerset UA, is 2,200 at 1 November 2004. This figure comes from the council tax records. A figure for (b) is not available because no such data are collected below local authority district level and Weston-Super-Mare is only part of North Somerset UA.

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Gypsies and Travellers

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons Brentwood borough council has been directed to draw up a Gypsy and Traveller development plan document. [223211]

Yvette Cooper: The reason for the First Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, being minded to direct Brentwood borough council to prepare an additional development plan document is set out in a letter of 7 March from the Government Office for the East of England, a copy of which has been made available in the Library of the House.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans his Department has to amend planning guidance to facilitate the development of Traveller sites on green belt land. [223371]

Keith Hill: The Government's guidance on Green Belt remains as set out in Planning Policy Guidance Note 2 (PPG2).

Mr. Amess: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received concerning illegal traveller camps and unauthorised encampments. [223418]

Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has received a range of representations on this subject, including correspondence from Members of Parliament, their constituents and various stakeholder groups.

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