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Homelessness
Ms Oona King:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1)how much funding each local authority in London will receive from the Homelessness Directorate in 2005–06 to support local homelessness strategies; [223579]
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(2) if he will make a statement on the funding available to support the Tower Hamlets Homelessness Strategy in 2005–06. [223580]
Yvette Cooper: The table shows the amount of homelessness funding allocated to each local authority in London for 2005–06. These grants are helping authorities to prevent homelessness, which can in turn generate wider savings in their General Fund expenditure on homelessness.
Mr. Gill: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding has been spent on supporting homeless people in (a) Leicester, South, (b) Leicester and (c) England since 1997. [223640]
Yvette Cooper: Before 2002–03 our homelessness grant funding was allocated to various voluntary organisations to support their work in reducing rough sleeping and tackling homelessness. It is not possible to break down allocations by local authority area prior to 2002–03.
Since 2002–03, homelessness grant funding has been mainly routed through local authorities to sustain rough sleeping, end the long term use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for homeless families with children and to tackle homelessness more effectively. The following table is a breakdown of the total figure of homelessness grant funding allocated to Leicester city council (which would cover Leicester South) and all local authorities and voluntary sector agencies in England since 1997.
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| Leicester | England | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | — | 12.0 |
| 1998–99 | — | 19.0 |
| 1999–2000 | — | 25.0 |
| 2000–01 | — | 39.0 |
| 2001–02 | — | 32.0 |
| 2002–03(34) | 0.3 | 90.0 |
| 2003–04 | 0.4 | 70.0 |
| 2004–05 | 1.5 | 60.0 |
(34)First year of funding routed through all local authorities.
On 14 March, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announced our new strategy for tackling homelessness Sustainable Communities: settled homes; changing lives" which builds on our successes in tackling the worst aspects of homelessness—a 70 per cent. reduction in rough sleeping since 1998 and ending the long term use of homeless families with children living in B&B accommodation. It also sets out plans to reduce homelessness further and halve the use of temporary accommodation by 2010. On the same day, we announced that £200 million will be made available over the next three years to support homelessness prevention schemes.
A copy of Sustainable Communities: settled homes; changing lives" has been made available in the Library of the House and is also available on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website at: www.odpm.gov.uk
The Supporting People programme which went live in April 2003 also plays an important part in tackling and preventing homelessness. How local authorities allocate Supporting People grant is a matter for local discretion. However, on the basis of expenditure patterns at April 2003, it is estimated that the sums in the following table were available to authorities to help tackle and prevent homelessness in their areas.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is increasing the supply of new social rented homes by 50 per cent. by 2008, providing 75,000 new social rented homes over the next three years which, with our continued investment in homelessness prevention, will help to turn around the rising trend in homelessness.
Housing
Ms Oona King:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units were built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund in
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London in each year since 1997–98, broken down by (a) mixed funded social rented housing, (b) temporary social rented housing, (c) homebuy general market purchase, (d) homebuy general new build, (e) mixed funded general low cost ownership for sale, (f) miscellaneous works to registered social landlord (RSL) stock, (g) reimprovement to rented RSL stock, (h) works-only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (i) works-only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (j) intermediate rented accommodation for key workers, (k) homebuy market purchase for key workers, (l) homebuy new build for key workers, (m) the London Challenge Teacher Market Purchase Homebuy, (n) mixed funded sale for key workers and (o) starter home initiative. [222371]
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Substantive answer from Keith Hill to Oona King:
In my reply to your Parliamentary Question on 17 March about the number of dwellings built or procured through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme (ADP) and Challenge Fund, in London, by various categories in each year since 1997–98, I undertook to write to you when the information had been collated.
The attached table shows the dwellings built, procured or improved under each of the headings listed. Miscellaneous works are not recorded as improved dwellings as the work undertaken is small scale, such as an adaptation for a person with a disability or improved insulation. New Build Homebuy and Key Worker Living were both introduced in 2004/05. The Starter Home Initiative (SHI) was a programme in its own right and was not included in the ADP.
Ms Oona King: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund funding has been spent on (a) mixed funded social rented housing, (b) temporary social rented housing, (c) homebuy general market purchase, (d) homebuy general new build, (e) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (f) miscellaneous works to registered social landlord (RSL) stock, (g) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (h) works-only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (i) works-only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (j) intermediate rented accommodation for key workers, (k) homebuy market purchase for key workers, (l) homebuy new build for key workers, (m) the London Challenge Teacher Market Purchase Homebuy, (n) mixed funded sale for key workers and (o) starter home initiative in London in each year since 1997–98. [222372]
Substantive answer from Keith Hill to Oona King:
In my reply to your Parliamentary Question on 17 March about the expenditure through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme (ADP) and Challenge Fund in London by various categories in each year since 1997–98, I undertook to write to you when the information had been collated.
The attached table shows the expenditure attributed to each of the headings listed. New Build Homebuy and Key Worker Living were both introduced in 2004/05. The Starter Home Initiative (SHI) was a programme in its own right and was not included in the ADP.
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