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Social Housing

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people were on the housing need list in Coventry, South on the latest date for which figures are available; how many new lettings there were in the constituency in 2004–05; and how many new dwellings are expected to become available for new tenancies within the constituency in 2005–06. [2784]

Yvette Cooper: Information is not collected at constituency level, only at local authority level. Summary information for Coventry city council is tabled, which shows

Coventry city council transferred all council housing owned by them to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in 2000–01. The council now maintains a common waiting list with RSLs 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.
Housing waiting list numbers, new RSL lettings made and new RSL dwellings planned for rent in 2004–05 and 2005–06

Coventry
city council
Households on the housing waiting list at 1 April 20049,650
Number of RSL lettings to new tenants during
2004–05
2,847
Number of new RSL dwellings planned for rent in
2004–05 and 2005–06(37)
164


(37)Figure represents allocations for rent schemes, both new build and acquisition and refurbishment over the two years 2004–06 at time of the Housing Corporation's submission to Ministers for approval of their Approved Development Programme (ADP).
Source:
ODPM's Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return, Housing Corporation's CORE return and the Housing Corporation's ADP records.



Mr. Streeter: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many social houses to rent were provided in (a) Devon and (b) Plymouth in 2004. [3040]

Yvette Cooper: The number of new affordable homes provided for rent through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme and Transitional Local Authority Social Housing Grant for 2004–05 in Devon CC (excluding Plymouth and Torbay), Plymouth and Torbay are shown as follows.
 
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Number
Devon CC299
Plymouth125
Torbay43




Note:
These figures include new build dwellings, acquisitions and refurbishments.
Source:
Housing Corporation



Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council received from the Local Authority Social Housing Grant in the year before it was abolished. [2559]

Yvette Cooper: Local Authority Social Housing Grant (LASHG) was abolished from 1 April 2003. Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council received £1.85 million of LASHG funding in 2002–03.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the reasons were for the abolition of the local authority social housing grant. [2561]

Yvette Cooper: Local authority social housing grant (LASHG) was an unfair funding mechanism that did not allocate funds to areas of greatest need, consistently underspent nationally, and gave unfair advantage to debt free local authorities. It was abolished on 1 April 2003. Under new arrangements, resources for housing are targeted to areas of greatest need, in line with the measures set out in Sustainable communities: building for the future".

South East England Regional Assembly

Anne Milton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the role is of the South East England regional assembly in respect of waste and incineration policy. [3369]

Yvette Cooper: Initially the South East England regional assembly is responsible for drafting the regional waste strategy, which forms part of the regional spatial strategy for the south east. Once the draft strategy has been tested and finalised by Government, the assembly becomes responsible for implementing and monitoring the strategy. Government expects to consult on further changes of the regional waste strategy this summer.

Streetcare Inspectors

Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many streetcare inspectors were employed by each London borough per 1,000 population in the last period for which figures are available. [2464]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold this information.

Streetlights

Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local authority-maintained streetlights there were in each London borough per 1,000 population in the last period for which figures are available. [2469]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is currently processing up-to-date data on the number of streetlighting columns in England. This data will be available shortly.
 
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Traffic Wardens

Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many traffic wardens were employed by each London borough per 1,000 population in the last year for which figures are available. [2454]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Since 3 July 2000, the Mayor has had overall responsibility for traffic management in London. Traffic wardens are employed by Transport for London to enforce parking on the Priority (Red) Route Network (TfL Roads).

However, responsibility for parking enforcement in London, generally rests with the relevant local authority. London boroughs employ parking attendants to enforce parking controls on all the roads for which they are the highway authority.

The Association of London Government has provided the following information:
BoroughNumber of parking attendants
Barking and Dagenham14
Barnet37
Bexley25
Brent65
Bromley29
Camden248
Corporation of London59
Croydon81
Ealing70
Enfield46
Greenwich20
Hackney72
Hammersmith and Fulham85
Haringey40
Harrow22
Havering15
Hillingdon45
Hounslow40
Islington158
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea151
Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames30
Lambeth131
Lewisham20
Merton25
Newham50
Redbridge40
Richmond-upon-Thames43
Southwark59
Sutton22
Tower Hamlets38
Waltham Forest45
Wandsworth86
Westminster city council388

Mid-year population estimates (thousands, 1993–2003) are shown in the following table.
Thousand

Borough19992000200120022003
Barking and Dagenham162.4163.9165.7165.9165.9
Barnet313.5315.8319.5322.3324.4
Bexley217.5218.7218.8218.6219.1
Brent260.3264.9269.6269.7267.8
Bromley294.9295.3296.2297.1298.3
Camden190.0196.2202.6207.0210.7
City of London6.67.07.47.78.0
Croydon332.1334.2335.1335.9336.7
Ealing302.3304.4307.3307.8305.0
Enfield272.7275.1277.3280.0280.3
Greenwich212.2214.4217.5221.1223.7
Hackney199.1203.4207.2208.9208.4
Hammersmith and Fulham160.6164.4169.4172.7174.2
Haringey218.6219.8221.3224.3224.7
Harrow207.9209.1210.0211.3210.7
Havering225.7225.1224.7224.5224.6
Hillingdon245.1245.9245.6246.8247.6
Hounslow214.3214.7216.0215.4212.9
Islington175.7177.9179.4180.2180.1
Kensington and Chelsea147.7154.7162.2168.4174.4
Kingston upon Thames146.0147.3149.0150.1150.4
Lambeth266.8270.0273.4271.1268.5
Lewisham250.3252.1254.3251.9248.3
Merton185.1188.2191.1191.7191.4
Newham240.5245.5249.4251.8250.6
Redbridge238.1239.9241.9242.4245.1
Richmond upon Thames172.8172.9174.3176.5179.2
Southwark247.9252.7256.7255.4253.8
Sutton179.4180.5181.5180.2178.5
Tower Hamlets193.5197.1201.1204.6206.6
Waltham Forest221.1221.3222.0221.9221.6
Wandsworth264.2267.7271.7273.5274.1
Westminster189.2196.5203.3214.4222.0




Source:
ONS, Date: 9 September 2004





 
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