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Broomfield Tip, Standish

Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what grants have been given to Wigan Metropolitan borough council for (a) extinguishing the fire at Broomfield Tip, Standish and (b) the restoration of the site afterwards. [1465]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has to-date given grant assistance totalling £479,000 to Wigan Metropolitan borough council towards the costs incurred by the council in dealing with the extinguishment of the underground fire and mineshaft capping at Broomfield Tip, Standish, and the restoration of the site afterwards.

Community Programmes

Dr. Iddon: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has for the (a) Single Community Programme, (b) Community Chest, (c) Community Learning Chest and (d) Community Empowerment Fund; and if he will make a statement. [1249]

Mr. Woolas: The single Community Programme was created in 2004 through the merger of Community Chests, Community Learning Chests and the Community Empowerment Fund. The single Community Programme will operate until the end of the 2005–06 financial year. From 2006–07 these resources will be administered as part of the Safer and Stronger Communities Fund.

Electoral Fraud

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps the Government are taking to combat fraud in the use of postal votes. [297]

Ms Harman: I have been asked to reply.

The Government published a policy paper for discussion on 25 May 2005. This covered a range of proposals for enhancing the security of postal voting. I sent the policy paper to all Members and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. I also refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made on 26 May 2005, Official Report, column 21WS.

Green Belt

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many hectares of green belt land there were in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Norfolk and (f) Suffolk in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004. [2306]

Yvette Cooper: The Government expect to publish figures updated to 2004 on the extent of, and changes to, the green belt this autumn. The most recent figures available are set out as follows:

	Area		Hectares
Counties(9) (including unitary councils)	1997	2003	Change
Hertfordshire	83,660	83,610	-50
Bedfordshire and Luton UA	28,380	28,380	0
Essex, including Southend on Sea UA and Thurrock UA	97,650	97,810	160
Cambridgeshire	26,690	26,690	0
Norfolk	0	0	0
Suffolk	0	0	0

⁽⁹⁾ The responsible local planning authority is the 'district' level council. County names refer to geographic counties and not to those administrative bodies.
Data reproduced after grouping into 'counties'.
Source:
Local planning authority, Green Belt statistics: England 2003", published by ODPM on 16 September 2004 at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/odpm_plan_031125.hcsp





 
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Highfields Estate (Stafford)

Mr. Kidney: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much capital funding was provided to Stafford borough council in the form of (a) capital grant and (b) borrowing permissions out of the estates action programme for regeneration works on the Highfields estate in Stafford; and what conditions were attached, with particular reference to the neighbourhood office on the estate. [1978]

Mr. Woolas: The Department of the Environment (DoE), as it was then, allocated a total of £879,000 Estate Action funding for improvements to the Highfields estate in Stafford during the period 1992–95. The allocation was in the form of supplementary credit approvals (borrowing permission) and included £98,000 for provision of a neighbourhood office. There was no grant funding for this programme. The overall conditions relating to the Estate Action funding were:

The submission of certified returns providing information on progress of the scheme, and actual and projected expenditure, using forms supplied by the DoE; and

The DoE being satisfied that the scheme progressed satisfactorily in accordance with the proposals approved by the Department and as set out in an agreed memorandum provided by them.

There were no specific conditions attached to the neighbourhood office.

Homeless Families

Ms Keeble: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many families with children are being accommodated in bed-and-breakfast hostels. [2167]

Yvette Cooper: On 31 December 2004, the latest date for which information is available, an estimated 820 households containing dependent children or a pregnant woman were living in bed and breakfast style accommodation in England. This represents 1 per cent. of all households in temporary accommodation, and a decrease of 6,140 households since March 2002. Of these 820 households, 100 had been resident in bed and breakfast for more than six weeks; of these, 36 were housed under local authorities' discretionary powers—for example during a review or appeal—so were not being housed in breach of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003 which came into force on 1 April 2004, to reinforce and sustain the bed-and-breakfast target that no family with children should have to live in a bed-and-breakfast hotel for longer than six weeks by March 2004.

These figures are included in the latest statistical release on statutory homelessness, published 14 March
 
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2005, available in both the Library of the House and via the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website. The next release, for the first quarter of 2005 and presenting the position on usage of temporary accommodation as at 31 March, will be published on 13 June.

Housing

Mr. Betts: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund were classified as (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 RSL stock, (g) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (h) works only rehabilitation for rented RSL stock, (i) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (j) intermediate rent for key workers, (k) Homebuy market purchase for key workers, (l) Homebuy new build for key workers and (m) mixed funded sale for key workers in the
 
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Yorkshire and the Humber Region in each year since 1997–98; and how much was spent on each category in each year. [1316]

Yvette Cooper: The following tables show completions and expenditure through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme, for categories (a) to (i) . The information in the tables do not include all the programmes that the ADP is used for and therefore does not represent the total funding for the Yorkshire and Humberside region. Other categories with funding during the time period covered by the table are Right to Acquire, Voluntary Purchase Grant, Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership, and Temporary Intermediate and Market Rent Housing. The Key Worker Living programme was limited to London and the wider south east, so there are no completions or investment in categories (j) to (m) in the Yorkshire and Humber Region through this programme.

The Challenge Fund was limited to London, south east and eastern regions, therefore there is no Challenge Fund expenditure in Yorkshire and Humberside.

Funding and completions are not directly comparable, as funding will relate to projects running, not necessarily units completed, in any one year.
ADP completions in units for Yorkshire and Humberside from 1997–98–2004–05

Units
	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01
(a) Mixed funded Social Rent	2202	1567	1654	1448
(b) Temporary Social Housing	284	82	153	96
(c) Homebuy market purchase	0	0	42	25
(d) Homebuy New Build	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership	482	467	216	133
(f) Miscellaneous Works	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(g) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(i) Works-only re-hab of RSL stock for sale	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
(a) Mixed funded Social Rent	1511	1214	1196	852
(b) Temporary Social Housing	162	15	102	23
(c) Homebuy market purchase	19	8	14	25
(d) Homebuy New Build	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
(e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership	119	92	87	42
(f) Miscellaneous Works	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(g)Re-improvements to rented RSL stock	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(i) Works-only re-hab of RSL stock for sale	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Notes:
Categories (f) to (i) do not have complete records of units.





ADP expenditure for Yorkshire and Humberside from 1997–98–2004–05

£ million
	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01
(a) Mixed funded Social Rent	33.25	31.53	37.24	38.42
(b) Temporary Social Housing	1.61	0.00	0.92	1.97
(c) Homebuy market purchase	0.00	0.00	0.34	0.42
(d) Homebuy New Build	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership	5.32	5.43	2.51	1.62
(f) Miscellaneous Works	1.73	2.25	0.74	0.99
(g) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock	0.00	0.00	0.30	0.39
(h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.13
(i) Works-only re-hab of RSL stock for sale	0.00	0.00	n/a	n/a

 
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	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
(a) Mixed funded Social Rent	40.97	45.56	56.33	50.65
(b) Temporary Social Housing	1.56	0.59	1.80	0.32
(c) Homebuy market purchase	0.36	0.17	0.39	0.73
(d) Homebuy New Build	n/a	n/a	n/a	– 0.00
(e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership	1.45	0.65	1.50	3.12
(f) Miscellaneous Works	1.55	1.69	1.35	1.13
(g) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock	0.17	0.10	2.36	3.56
(h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock	1.03	0.20	0.39	0.22
(i) Works-only re-hab of RSL stock for sale	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Notes:
Categories (g), (h), and (i) are included in Miscellaneous Works (f) for years 1997–98 and 1998–99.

John Cummings: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable homes have been (a) started and (b) completed in the last three years in the district of Easington council area. [1592]

Yvette Cooper: The information is as follows:

(a) A total of 40 affordable homes were started in Easington area in 2004–05; records prior to this year are incomplete.

(b) The table shows completions through housing corporations approved development programme for 2002–03 to 2004–05 in Easington council area. There were no transitional local social housing grant (TLASHG) completions.

	Units completed
2002–03	12
2003–04	63
2004–05	34

Source:
Housing Corporation (The table includes new build dwellings, acquisitions and refurbishments).





 
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Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much investment there has been in (a) new council-owned dwellings and (b) housing association dwellings in each London borough in each year since 1997; and how much such investment is planned for 2005–06. [2248]

Yvette Cooper: From 1998–99 to 2004–05 four London boroughs built affordable dwellings for rent. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister provides general support towards local authorities' housing capital investment programmes. We are unable to indicate how much each authority chose (or will choose) to spend on these new dwellings and how much on existing stock.
London

£000
	Hillingdon	Islington	Waltham Forest	Wandsworth	Total London
1997–98	7,854	15,084	8,749	13,874	45,561
1998–99	7,464	18,862	11,557	18,006	55,889
1999–2000	7,798	18,150	12,933	16,330	55,211
2000–01	11,481	28,557	22,418	20,832	83,288
2001–02	14,127	38,297	24,982	29,002	106,408
2002–03	13,923	40,237	22,727	26,937	103,824
2003–04	16,022	39,444	18,061	23,973	97,500
2004–05	26,028	41,068	15,565	22,399	105,060
2005–06	27,718	67,243	39,081	22,620	156,662

Government capital investment in housing association dwellings in the same period was as follows:

£000
LA name	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01
City of London	3,067	4,093	2,954	5,242
Barking and Dagenham	13,270	6,281	16,853	15,551
Barnet	8,490	12,141	8,328	11,719
Bexley	3,288	6,873	3,839	6,885
Brent	13,010	14,763	20,879	17,914
Bromley	12,354	12,762	9,637	16,892
Camden	20,578	15,786	15,166	14,364
Croydon	17,956	15,325	15,504	20,084
Ealing	13,607	12,020	8,918	11,669
Enfield	5,310	6,205	9,048	20,525
Greenwich	7,155	7,500	8,392	17,117
Hackney	19,710	13,518	15,990	18,325
Hammersmith and Fulham	15,587	11,615	6,876	11,726
Haringey	16,459	13,930	12,259	20,804
Harrow	4,627	6,354	4,339	6,005
Havering	2,746	2,245	2,421	3,074
Hillingdon	8,082	8,879	12,626	15,123
Hounslow	7,860	5,366	11,746	8,184
Islington	18,322	14,517	6,023	10,863
Kensington and Chelsea	33,364	13,095	23,917	18,474
Kingston upon Thames	4,812	1,947	3,570	5,142
Lambeth	16,645	10,642	16,601	16,183
Lewisham	8,714	12,054	10,589	13,361
Merton	5,243	5,405	5,325	7,782
Newham	10,892	13,949	11,488	19,182
Redbridge	6,484	6,883	7,872	5,583
Richmond upon Thames	3,364	4,297	2,374	3,613
Southwark	8,416	9,458	14,744	18,158
Sutton	2,775	2,432	4,778	8,153
Tower Hamlets	18,495	6,617	14,632	17,008
Waltham Forest	9,299	10,547	9,666	20,225
Wandsworth	16,260	10,496	10,651	7,243
Westminster	12,866	28,487	17,229	19,884
London total	369,107	326,482	345,234	432,057

 
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LA name	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	Forecast 2005–06
City of London	6,621	8,562	17,937	2,230	3,637
Barking and Dagenham	25,201	28,098	9,782	15,978	15,503
Barnet	8,267	13,439	13,285	14,828	13,633
Bexley	3,956	6,638	7,233	9,030	5,792
Brent	17,540	31,030	25,216	33,439	35,941
Bromley	16,593	18,014	16,920	11,956	9,053
Camden	17,247	20,723	29,905	29,219	11,463
Croydon	24,560	24,186	25,810	28,378	42,894
Ealing	15,710	20,511	33,550	29,629	19,360
Enfield	16,986	15,278	25,827	31,447	5,068
Greenwich	13,276	21,775	49,276	23,931	38,548
Hackney	13,718	21,349	41,983	43,925	28,566
Hammersmith and Fulham	25,129	28,567	23,620	39,183	41,372
Haringey	25,088	20,774	26,364	29,872	26,771
Harrow	14,716	8,593	11,008	14,072	1,632
Havering	3,269	3,624	3,904	5,120	6,938
Hillingdon	9,436	11,264	14,443	13,211	8,194
Hounslow	3,781	10,808	31,544	20,473	14,132
Islington	13,073	26,447	46,716	31,242	51,701
Kensington and Chelsea	13,983	21,885	22,930	11,812	7,574
Kingston upon Thames	3,769	4,893	6,051	7,387	8,210
Lambeth	13,567	14,683	37,751	23,773	43,883
Lewisham	22,074	29,548	20,892	31,005	15,070
Merton	7,667	3,158	12,147	9,798	5,726
Newham	24,222	17,736	35,302	40,184	55,094
Redbridge	7,203	13,702	15,227	9,707	4,656
Richmond upon Thames	7,866	5,157	10,884	4,231	4,966
Southwark	16,372	21,709	36,489	61,840	27,281
Sutton	6,936	4,653	13,704	11,032	4,125
Tower Hamlets	12,723	17,744	33,372	32,874	18,892
Waltham Forest	19,519	16,266	6,991	13,623	6,014
Wandsworth	10,024	9,859	20,508	11,390	12,848
Westminster	13,896	23,052	23,043	32,628	18,318
London total	453,988	543,725	749,614	728,447	612,855

 
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Dr. Stoate: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research his Department has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned to examine the environmental (i) impact and (ii) sustainability of the housebuilding programme in Kent Thameside and the Thames Gateway growth area. [1275]

Yvette Cooper: All new housing in Kent Thameside and the wider Thames Gateway growth area will be delivered through the planning system, and will therefore be subject to both strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in line with the European SEA directive and environmental impact assessment. Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, all local development documents and regional spatial strategies must be subject to a thorough sustainability appraisal incorporating the full requirements of the SEA Directive.
 
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In addition, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has awarded a major research contract as part of our response to the Barker Review to consider the economic, social, environmental and fiscal implications of additional house building. The contract runs to June 2005, and has been awarded to a consortium led by Entec UK.

Mr. Denham: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) minimum, (b) average and (c) maximum public capital cost per (i) shared ownership property and (ii) social rented home was in each region in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. [1684]

Yvette Cooper: The table shows the lowest, average and highest level of public capital investment per unit for the schemes included in the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme (ADP) 2004–06 for each region in England broken down by shared ownership and social rent.
£

	Shared ownership			Rent
Region	Lowest	Average	Highest	Lowest	Average	Highest
London	10,000	39,548	93,404	10,484	99,902	262,500
South East	2,500	23,034	80,600	3,333	58,715	185,425
South West	2,000	18,559	71,250	1,500	49,495	319,850
East Midlands	1,667	20,634	62,083	3,214	43,196	133,333
Eastern	1,667	18,718	64,000	2,000	47,313	168,680
West Midlands	5,000	23,684	68,780	8,413	52,473	136,508
Yorkshire and Humberside	16,938	18,460	37,985	15,717	47,945	102,605
North East	17,807	30,848	60,797	18,871	54,771	161,853
North West	2,125	31,340	71,160	10,000	67,226	297,066

Note:
Figures based on ADP allocation and other public sector investment by scheme as at 31 May 2005.
Source:
Housing Corporation

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what advice he has provided to London boroughs on housing allocations policies in respect of single people. [2146]

Yvette Cooper: The Government issued statutory guidance to all local housing authorities, including London boroughs, in November 2002 about the allocation of social housing under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 (the 1996 Act), as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002.

The changes to Part 6 of the 1996 Act introduced by the Homelessness Act 2002 were designed to ensure the widest possible access to social housing for all applicants, while at the same time ensuring that priority for social housing goes to those in greater housing need, including single people where relevant.

The revised Code of Guidance on the Allocation of Accommodation came into force on 31 January 2003.

However, the Government have not issued advice on housing allocation policies specifically aimed at London boroughs, or specifically in respect of single people.

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people were on the housing need list in each London borough on the last date for which figures are available; how many new lettings there were in each such borough in 2004–05; and how many new dwellings are expected to become available for new tenancies in 2005–06. [2247]

Yvette Cooper: Information on the number of new local authority (LA) lettings made during 2004–05 is not yet available. Therefore, the latest information, for 2003–04, on:

the number of households on the housing waiting lists at 1 April;

the number of social (LA and registered social landlords (RSLs)) lettings made to new tenants, and;

the number of new RSL dwellings planned for rent covering two years, 2004–05 and 2005–06.

in each London borough is given in the table.

Local authorities sometimes maintain a common waiting list with the RSLs, sometimes known as housing associations, in their district. However, information is not held centrally where a RSL maintains a separate waiting list to the local authority.

The number of new RSL dwellings planned for rent has been provided covering two years as the Housing Corporation now plan the building of new RSL dwellings using a two-year allocation process.
 
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Table: Housing waiting list numbers, new social lettings made and new RSL dwellings planned for rent in 2004–05 and 2005–06,by London borough⁽¹⁰⁾

London borough	Households on the housing waiting list at 1 April 2004	Number of social lettings(11) to new tenants during 2003–04	Number of new RSL dwellings planned for rent in 2004–05 and 2005–06(12)
Barking and Dagenham	3,149	1,126	315
Barnet(13)	10,732	827	346
Bexley(13)	4,404	1,137	105
Brent	15,504	1,296	692
Bromley	3,866	966	197
Camden	15,757	2,648	230
City of London	914	140	0
Croydon(13)	8,067	2,163	385
Ealing	12,808	1,394	357
Enfield	12,584	1,117	312
Greenwich	6,710	2,927	468
Hackney	11,016	2,856	458
Hammersmith and Fulham(13)	7,874	1,561	325
Haringey	16,920	1,492	488
Harrow	4,333	795	96
Havering	2,384	673	176
Hillingdon(13)	6,910	993	130
Hounslow	7,088	974	327
Islington	6,871	2,118	369
Kensington and Chelsea(13)	8,326	1,353	170
Kingston upon Thames(13)	4,465	439	269
Lambeth	12,847	2,990	635
Lewisham(13)	17,497	2,027	301
Merton	4,834	821	121
Newham	19,503	1,573	525
Redbridge	4,766	694	156
Richmond upon Thames(13)	4,868	564	53
Southwark	6,657	2,904	425
Sutton	2,145	821	164
Tower Hamlets(13)	14,575	4,008	919
Waltham Forest	9,016	1,559	107
Wandsworth	6,672	1,714	41
Westminster	5,667	2,672	215
London total	279,729	51,342	9,877

⁽¹⁰⁾ Social housing is the combination of local authority (LA) and registered social landlord (RSL) tenures.
⁽¹¹⁾ New LA and RSL lettings have been combined and shown here.
⁽¹²⁾ Number of RSL dwellings for which an allocation of funding was made available as part of the Approved Development Programme 2004–06 in March 2004. These figures are for rented schemes being provided either through new build or acquisition and refurbishment.
⁽¹³⁾ Denotes that the London borough has a common waiting list with the RSLs in their area.
Source:
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return, Housing Corporation's CORE return and the Housing Corporation London Allocation Statement 2004–06

Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will list sites released for new housing under the proposals which he announced on 25 May; [1611]

(2) which of the sites released for new housing under the proposals announced on 25 May are in (a) Greater London and (b) the constituency of Chipping Barnet; and which of the latter are on green belt land. [1612]

Yvette Cooper: The announcement by my right hon. Friends the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 25 May referred to 700 sites currently entered on the Register of surplus public sector land which is maintained by English Partnerships. The sites' owners and English Partnerships are currently reviewing all registered sites to assess their development potential. A list of the sites, as at March 2005, can be found on the English Partnerships website at: http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/images/16EE954C9043 40DDAB44702EF5D2 ADE6.pdf

51 sites on the Register as at March 2005 are situated in the Greater London area. None of these sites is located in Chipping Barnet. An updated list of Register sites will be published by English Partnerships towards the end of June 2005.

In addition, it was announced on 1 April that a portfolio of nearly 100 ex-NHS sites, would be transferred from the Department of Health to English
 
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Partnerships. The first tranche of 67 sites transferred on 6 April. Work is on-going with partners and local authorities to assess each site to identify how they can contribute to local housing and employment needs. It is estimated that the total portfolio of 96 sites could accommodate up to 15,000 new homes nationally, with at least 5,000 being affordable. This estimate is subject to planning permission for the individual sites, and residential development will not be appropriate on all of the sites.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to publish his review of the future of arm's length management organisations; and if he will list those who participated in the review. [1751]

Yvette Cooper: The current Review of the long term future of arm's length management organisations (ALMOs) will produce a formal consultation paper later in the summer. The following are represented on the Review Group: ALMOs; local authorities with ALMOs; the National Federation of ALMOs, the Local Government Association, the Association of London Government; Tenants Participation Advisory Services; the Housing Inspectorate; the Chartered Institute of Housing; the Housing Corporation; HM Treasury; and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
 
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Ms Keeble: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister in each of the last two quarters how many families applying to local authorities for housing were found to be intentionally homeless. [2166]

Yvette Cooper: Information collected quarterly about local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is in respect of applicant households, which encompasses single people as well as family groups. The number of households in England found after investigation to be eligible for assistance and in priority need, but intentionally homeless, was as follows:

2004	Number of households
Quarter 3 (July-September)	3,550
Quarter 4 (October-December)	3,400

In both quarters, cases found to be intentionally homeless accounted for 5 per cent. of all decisions.

A full summary of local authority decisions up to and including the fourth quarter of 2004 is included in the latest statistical release on statutory homelessness, published 14 March 2005, available in both the Library of the House and via the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website. The next release, for the first quarter of 2005, will be published on 13 June.

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