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HMOs (Licence Fees)

Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1)what his Department's most recent estimate is of the sum which will be raised from houses in multiple occupation licensing fees; and what methodology was used to make the estimate; [6426]

(2) what arrangements he will put in place to ensure houses in multiple occupation licence fees set by local authorities only recover costs; and when he expects these arrangements to be in place. [6419]

Yvette Cooper: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 5 July 2005, Official Report, column 308W.

Home Assessment Ratings

Dr. Iddon: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homes in the (a) public sector and (b) private sector have standard assessment procedure ratings that fall into the (i) 0–20, (ii) 20–40, (iii) 40–60 and (iv) above 60 bands. [9832]

Yvette Cooper: The number of homes with specified standard assessment procedure (SAP) ratings in the public and private housing sectors is provided in the following table, using information from 2001 (the most recent figures currently available):
Table: Public and private housing sector SAP ratings (banded), 2001 Thousands of dwellings

	2001
SAP rating:	Public	Private
less than 20	128	887
20–39	340	3,078
40–59	1,325	9,618
60 or more	1,020	4,811
all	2,812	18,395

Note:
Higher SAP ratings indicate more energy efficient homes. RSL-owned dwellings have been classified as private for the purpose of this table.
Source:
English House Condition Survey

Homelessness

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people were (a) accepted as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, (b) found to be unintentionally homeless but not in a priority need category, (c) in temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority under homelessness legislation, (d) designated as homeless at home, (e) recorded as sleeping rough and (f) people on the housing register. [8079]

Yvette Cooper: Information about local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is collected quarterly and is in respect of households rather than persons. Information on the numbers on local authorities' housing registers is collected annually and is also in respect of households.

The table presents information reported by each London borough on the number of households accepted as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and
 
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in priority need, and those found to be unintentionally homeless but not in a priority need category, for each year since 2001–02, along with the number of households in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities under homelessness legislation, plus those additionally designated homeless at home", as at 31 March of each year. Also shown is the number of households on each authority's housing register as at 1 April of each year, and the number of people who sleep rough—that is, those who were literally roofless on a single night during the year.
 
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The duty owed to a person accepted as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need is to secure suitable accommodation. If a settled home is not immediately available, the authority may secure temporary accommodation until a settled home becomes available. As an alternative to the provision of temporary accommodation some authorities arrange for households to remain in their current accommodation (homeless at home), until a settled solution becomes available.
Reported household data 2001–02 (April 2001 to March 2002)

		Decisions(83) during year		Position on 31 March 2002
	Housing register (at 1 April)	Accepted(84) as owed a main duty	Not in priority need	Temporary(85) accommodation	Homeless at home(86)	Rough sleepers (persons)
London	211,469	29,320	12,260	46,390	5,490	357
Barking and Dagenham	2,157	346	385	544	0	0
Barnet	6,732	1,112	517	1,710	359	0
Bexley	3,596	454	678	223	39	0
Brent	13,511	1,236	299	3,540	144	7
Bromley	3,787	785	443	369	278	0
Camden	8,614	1,120	305	1,739	198	38
City of London	703	12	1	38	0	30
Croydon	6,214	1,198	1,287	3,011	0	7
Ealing	8,132	860	812	2,076	393	7
Enfield	8,845	1,143	180	2,392	0	0
Greenwich	5,869	1,217	424	279	746	0
Hackney	8,307	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8,930
Hammersmith and Fulham	6,865	805	140	1,465	147	3
Haringey	10,344	1,138	0	3,520	1	2
Harrow	3,141	444	222	1,505	4	0
Havering	1,985	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Hillingdon	5,810	1,119	425	1,895	124	0
Hounslow	4,983	1,383	733	992	270	8
Islington	6,427	1,428	1,181	n/a	n/a	0
Kensington and Chelsea	6,150	593	121	959	4	15
Kingston upon Thames	3,723	n/a	n/a	664	31	3
Lambeth	13,115	1,470	305	1,643	410	23
Lewisham	10,182	1,102	601	n/a	n/a	3
Merton	4,214	173	109	192	6	1
Newham	11,426	1,449	315	2,296	648	8
Redbridge	5,426	437	36	1,764	0	5
Richmond upon Thames	3,383	399	154	474	26	5
Southwark	7,191	1,317	209	704	547	13
Sutton	2,432	462	279	409	93	0
Tower Hamlets	7,566	1,401	44	1,978	18	9
Waltham Forest	8,664	1,121	381	785	107	1
Wandsworth	3,120	927	450	1,217	0	0
Westminster	8,855	1,176	667	2,460	292	169

Reported household data 2002–03 (April 2002 to March 2003)

		Decisions(83) during year		Position on 31 March 2003
	Housing register	Accepted(84) as owed a main duty	Not in priority need	Temporary(85) accommodation	Homeless at home(86)	Rough sleepers (persons)
London	226,789	29,790	12,280	52,690	6,330	321
Barking and Dagenham	2,668	595	448	707	6	0
Barnet	7,030	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Bexley	3,487	468	524	250	50	0
Brent	14,746	1,039	369	3,473	143	4
Bromley	3,592	865	405	589	325	0
Camden	8,147	1,290	318	1,893	315	28
City of London	623	31	3	32	0	41
Croydon	6,890	1,291	1,345	3,450	0	6
Ealing	8,289	1,001	763	2,008	360	4
Enfield	7,264	1,186	279	2,678	0	0
Greenwich	6,876	1,003	345	282	765	3
Hackney	1,136	117	2,214	137	11
Hammersmith and Fulham	6,044	811	159	1,659	139	4
Haringey	12,585	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
Harrow	3,992	400	85	1,601	21	0
Havering	1,888	180	110	379	1	0
Hillingdon	6,041	933	437	1,813	168	0
Hounslow	6,369	852	708	1,144	334	3
Islington	8,161	1,314	1,065	1,421	n/a	2
Kensington and Chelsea	8,294	410	104	940	0	6
Kingston upon Thames	3,971	448	351	718	16	0
Lambeth	14,228	1,651	404	2,257	512	12
Lewisham	15,368	1,170	638	1,243	613	1
Merton	4,361	156	79	179	9	0
Newham	13,942	1,433	200	4,208	797	0
Redbridge	5,671	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
Richmond upon Thames	3,763	325	107	538	64	6
Southwark	6,164	1,827	324	732	513	2
Sutton	1,653	429	346	427	51	0
Tower Hamlets	7,837	1,617	51	2,446	10	2
Waltham Forest	10,283	1,140	644	1,151	118	4
Wandsworth	3,923	1,072	407	1,489	49	0
Westminster	3,709	1,132	728	2,619	399	169

⁽⁸³⁾Data shown where four quarterly returns were received, n/a denotes an authority failed to provide a return for one or more quarters.
⁽⁸⁴⁾All households eligible under homelessness legislation, found to be unintentionally homeless and in a priority need category and consequently owed a main homelessness duty.
⁽⁸⁵⁾Households in accommodation either pending a decision on their homelessness application or awaiting allocation of a settled home following acceptance.
⁽⁸⁶⁾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.
Source:
ODPM: Homelessness returns (quarterly) and Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (annual)





 
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Reported household data 2003–04 (April 2003 to March 2004)

		Decisions(87) during year		Position on 31 March 2004
	Housing register (as at 1 April)	Accepted(88) as owed a main duty	Not in priority need	Temporary(89) accommodation	Homeless at home(90)	Rough sleepers (persons)
London	242,389	30,080	14,690	58,820	5,630	267
Barking and Dagenham	3,018	667	371	789	0	0
Barnet	8,738	1,084	1,663	1,960	241	0
Bexley	4,265	365	468	321	35	0
Brent	13,425	897	363	4,208	96	0
Bromley	3,556	873	528	720	277	0
Camden	8,961	1,648	409	2,166	450	13
City of London	679	22	13	25	1	36
Croydon	6,425	1,240	1,596	3,545	6	0
Ealing	10,763	1,094	859	2,009	287	0
Enfield	9,496	1,085	249	2,963	n/a	0
Greenwich	7,753	1,246	447	378	575	0
Hackney	10,529	n/a	n/a	2,270	251	7
Hammersmith and Fulham	6,665	644	196	1,781	92	2
Haringey	14,264	n/a	n/a	4,774	0	6
Harrow	3,281	264	101	1,458	7	0
Havering	1,962	452	165	819	42	0
Hillingdon	5,507	735	234	1,873	98	0
Hounslow	5,952	691	121	1,130	362	0
Islington	8,566	n/a	n/a	1,438	n/a	7
Kensington and Chelsea	7,872	476	153	965	0	6
Kingston upon Thames	4,137	418	398	840	24	0
Lambeth	11,140	1,545	774	1,845	778	11
Lewisham	15,341	1,502	602	1,640	756	0
Merton	4,312	204	109	165	3	0
Newham	16,228	1,519	158	5,155	151	6
Redbridge	4,952	806	32	2432	n/a	5
Richmond upon Thames	3,861	316	154	534	27	6
Southwark	6,757	1,540	370	926	471	17
Sutton	1,662	312	374	538	27	0
Tower Hamlets	10,979	1,657	267	2,900	23	11
Waltham Forest	9,680	1,025	1,155	1,668	73	1
Wandsworth	5,072	1,036	600	1,644	31	0
Westminster	6,591	1,117	713	2,944	n/a	133

 
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Reported household data 2004–05 (April 2004 to March 2005)

		Decisions(87) during year		Position on 31 March 2005
	Housing register (as at 1 April)	Accepted(88) as owed a main duty	Not in priority need	Temporary(89) accommodation	Homeless at home(90)	Rough sleepers (persons)
London	279,729	26,730	12,650	61,990	4,670	265
Barking and Dagenham	3,149	775	223	474	1	0
Barnet	10,732	758	1,526	2,334	270	0
Bexley	4,404	430	536	377	39	0
Brent	15,504	795	469	4,453	95	6
Bromley	3,866	n/a	n/a	451	n/a	0
Camden	15,757	1,148	213	2,172	257	5
City of London	914	31	5	34	2	22
Croydon	8,067	1,126	1,412	3,346	3	0
Ealing	12,808	789	742	2,221	405	4
Enfield	12,584	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Greenwich	6,710	1,157	327	543	722	0
Hackney	11,016	1,153	191	2,479	n/a	8
Hammersmith and Fulham	7,874	653	208	1,825	82	3
Haringey	16,920	1,175	0	5,309	7	4
Harrow	4,333	96	58	1,275	1	0
Havering	2,384	200	111	814	19	0
Hillingdon	6,910	461	34	1,878	17	0
Hounslow	7,088	891	97	1,234	189	0
Islington	6,871	1,130	750	1,550	n/a	1
Kensington and Chelsea	8,326	589	189	1,196	0	10
Kingston upon Thames	4,465	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Lambeth	12,847	1,644	444	2,378	413	12
Lewisham	17,497	1,245	443	1,847	919	0
Merton	4,834	261	252	156	2	0
Newham	19,503	n/a	n/a	5,815	15	3
Redbridge	4,766	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Richmond upon Thames	4,868	279	60	458	n/a	0
Southwark	6,657	1,668	507	969	370	6
Sutton	2,145	272	302	636	31	0
Tower Hamlets	14,575	1,151	160	2948	5	5
Waltham Forest	9,016	800	942	1,807	74	1
Wandsworth	6,672	840	424	1,593	46	0
Westminster	5,667	1,112	1,015	3,148	139	175

⁽⁸⁷⁾All households eligible under homelessness legislation, found to be unintentionally homeless and in a priority need category and consequently owed a main homelessness duty.
⁽⁸⁸⁾Data shown where four quarterly returns were received n/a denotes an authority failed to provide a return for one or more quarters.
⁽⁸⁹⁾Households in accommodation either pending a decision on their homelessness application or awaiting allocation of a settled home following acceptance.
⁽⁹⁰⁾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.
Source:
ODPM: Homelessness returns (quarterly) and Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (annual)

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