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Local Government Pension Scheme

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the estimated total (a) assets and (b) liabilities are of the local government pension scheme; what assumptions underlay the calculation of the liability; what discount rate has been used; and what the liability would be if a discount rate was used equivalent to the yield on index linked gilts. [27044]

Mr. Woolas: The most recent actuarial valuation of the local government pension scheme in England and Wales, carried out on 31 March 2004, showed assets of £80 billion and total liabilities of £107 billion. An actuarial valuation of each of the 89 pensions funds in the scheme is undertaken by actuary's appointed by the relevant local authority and the remaining information requested is consequently not held centrally.

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local government manual workers who began employment before 1991 completed 12 months' service entitling them to membership of the local government pension scheme. [28500]

Mr. Woolas: The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Housing

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what proportion of Tamworth's council housing stock has been sold under the right-to-buy scheme in each year since 1980; [27494]

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many council homes were sold under the right-to-buy scheme in Tamworth in each year since 1980. [27495]

Yvette Cooper: The number of local authority dwellings sold under the right-to-buy scheme since 1980 are listed in the following table. The table also shows the right-to-buy sales as a proportion of local authority stock.

Financial year	RTB sales	Stock at beginning of period	Proportion sold each year (percentage)
1980–81	0	8,693	0.00
1981–82	2	8,850	0.02
1982–83	5	8,587	0.06
1983–84	2	8,364	0.02
1984–85	0	8,269	0.00
1985–86	0	7,854	0.00
1986–87	136	7,676	1.77
1987–88	174	7,491	2.32
1988–89	419	7,296	5.74
1989–90	311	6,820	4.56
1990–91	168	6,504	2.58
1991–92	89	6,399	1.39
1992–93	54	6,368	0.85
1993–94	57	6,310	0.90
1994–95	81	6,234	1.30
1995–96	67	6,168	1.09
1996–97	69	6,104	1.13
1997–98	152	6,034	2.52
1998–99	98	5,883	1.67
1999–2000	147	5,785	2.54
2000–01	116	5,634	2.06
2001–02	164	5,522	2.97
2002–03	226	5,356	4.22
2003–04	240	5,131	4.68
2004–05	139	4,891	2.84

 
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Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable homes he expects will be built in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Kettering constituency in each year to (i) 2011, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2031 as part of the growth area agenda. [29312]

Yvette Cooper: The Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands (RSS 8) outlines the general approach to affordable housing provision in the region. Policy 17 of the Strategy states that the level of affordable housing to be provided should be justified by local housing need assessments.

Policy 17 does not set an affordable housing target for the region. However, it does state that the appropriate indicator for monitoring whether affordable housing need across the East Midlands as a whole is being met is around 3,950 dwellings per annum. This represents 25 per cent. of the total housing provision identified by the Strategy between 2001 and 2021.

Any specific affordable housing targets for Northamptonshire Districts will be set by Local Planning Authorities in their Local Development Frameworks.

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable homes were provided by housing associations in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Kettering constituency in each year since 1997. [29313]

Yvette Cooper: The number of affordable dwellings provided by housing associations on behalf of, (a) local authorities within Northamptonshire and (b) Kettering local authority are tabled as follows.
Number of affordable dwellings⁽²⁴⁾

Financial year	Northamptonshire	Kettering
1997–98	509	18
1998–99	613	91
1999–2000	406	56
2000–01	423	38
2001–02	494	41
2002–03	402	74
2003–04	361	26
2004–05	599	89

⁽²⁴⁾ Includes affordable dwellings built and acquisitions for rent and shared ownership. Figures prior to 2001–02 exclude dwellings provided through S. 106 agreements and without Housing Corporation funding.
Sources:
Housing Corporation, Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return to ODPM




 
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Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many housing associations were in receipt of Government funding (a) in England, (b) in Northamptonshire and (c) in Kettering constituency in each year since 1997. [29314]

Yvette Cooper: The number of housing associations which received approval for funding via the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme each year since 1997 are detailed in the table as follows.
Total number of housing associations

	(a) England	(b) Northamptonshire	(c) Kettering
1997–98	385	15	6
1998–99	496	11	2
1999–2000	512	16	3
2000–01	489	13	4
2001–02	447	14	7
2002–03	454	22	3
2003–04	415	17	2
2004–05	378	19	3

Mike Penning: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many units of affordable housing have been built in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [29583]

Yvette Cooper: Information is not available for the constituency of Hemel Hempstead. Affordable homes built on behalf of Dacorum local authority district are tabled as follows.
Dacorum, affordable homes built

Financial year	Number of dwellings(25)
2000–01	96
2001–02	0
2002–03	108
2003–04	135
2004–05	15

⁽²⁵⁾ Includes affordable new dwellings built for rent and for shared ownership. Figures prior to 2001–02 exclude dwellings provided through S. 106 agreements and without Housing Corporation funding.
Sources:
Housing Corporation, Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return to ODPM.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much housing market renewal grant funding has been allocated to the demolition of properties in each Pathfinder area in (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06. [26908]

 
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Yvette Cooper: The following table shows our estimate of the amount of Housing Market Renewal Funding (HMRF) spent on demolitions, new build and
 
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refurbishment in each of the pathfinders where this information is available for 2004–05. Data for 2005–06 has not yet been collected.
£ million

Pathfinder	HMRF spent on Demolition 2004–05	HMRF spent on new build 2004–05	HMRF spent on Refurbishment 2004–05
Birmingham Sandwell	0.43	3.76	0.16
East Lancashire	0.72	0	6.09
Hull and East Riding	0	0	0
Manchester Salford	n/a	0	18.89
Merseyside	0.32	0.38	1.17
Newcastle Gateshead	1.14	0.95	n/a
North Staffordshire	1.38	0.34	1.27
Oldham and Rochdale	0.24	0	1.95
South Yorkshire	6.87	0	14.33
Total	11.10	5.43	43.86

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2005, Official Report, column 1433W, on empty homes, how many of the empty homes in (a) Kettering, (b) East Midlands and (c) England were under local authority ownership. [29316]

Yvette Cooper: The number of empty council homes in (a) Kettering, (b) East Midlands and (c) England at 1 April 2005 is presented in the following table:
Number of local authority owned empty homes at 1 April 2005

	Number
Kettering	57
East Midlands	5,000
England	48,600

Source:
ODPM's Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix

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