House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 Feb 2006 (pt 36)

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Home Information Packs

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 28 November 2005, Official Report, column 203W, on home information packs, which elements of the pack are liable to VAT. [48157]

Yvette Cooper: The contents of the pack will be specified in Regulations to be made later this year. The answer given to the hon. Member on 28 November 2005, Official Report, column 203W, reflected our intention to include a home condition report and drainage and water search in the pack. Both of these elements are liable to VAT. Local searches provided by a local authority are not liable to VAT.

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Homelessness

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funding the Government has given to faith groups to address homelessness since May 1997. [49691]

Yvette Cooper: This information requested is not collected centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister allocates homelessness grants to local authorities and voluntary sector agencies. A significant proportion of homelessness grants to local authorities is in turn used by those authorities to fund voluntary sector homelessness services that contribute to local strategies to tackle homelessness. A number of voluntary sector agencies allocated homelessness grants since 1997 are likely to have been faith-based but ODPM's records do not categorise them in this way.

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what (a) revenue grant and (b) capital grant payments were made by the Homelessness Directorate in support of local homelessness strategies in each local authority in London in 2004–05; [47178]

(2) how much was paid in (a) revenue grant and (b) capital grant payments to the voluntary sector in London by the Homelessness Directorate in 2004–05. [47177]

Yvette Cooper: Homelessness grants from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister supplement other sources of Government funding that help to tackle homelessness, including housing capital investment, supporting people and revenue support grant.

In 2004–05 a total of just over £44 million in homelessness grants was allocated to organisations in London by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The following table provides details of homelessness revenue and capital grant payments made by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2004–05 to each local authority in London. Some of this funding may have been passed on by these authorities to voluntary sector agencies to pay for homelessness services.

Some funding was provided direct to voluntary sector agencies from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The following table also shows the total value of these grants in London. Most of the voluntary sector homelessness services funded direct by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister operate across more than one local authority area.
ODPM homelessness grants in London, 2004–05

Revenue Capital

Authority

Barking and Dagenham 28,000.00 —

Barnet 165,000.00 —

Bexley 58,000.00 —

Brent 783,000.00 —

Bromley 100,000.00 —

Camden 1,800,000.00 —

City of London 515,000.00 —

Croydon 600,000.00 —

Ealing 600,000.00 —

Enfield 250,000.00 —

Greater London Authority 40,000.00 —

Greenwich 100,000.00 —

Hackney 640,000.00 —

Hammersmith and Fulham 1,500,000.00 470,000.00

Haringey 200,000.00 —

Harrow 183,000.00 —

Havering 27,000.00 —

Hillingdon 80,000.00 —

Hounslow 180,000.00 —

Islington 357,000.00 —

Kensington and Chelsea 943,000.00 —

Kingston upon Thames 90,000.00 —

Lambeth 2,100,000.00 —

Lewisham 100,000.00 474,000.00

Merton 80,000.00 —

Newham 250,000.00 —

Redbridge 105,000.00 —

Richmond 295,000.00 —

Southwark 1,100,000.00 353,000.00

Sutton 150,000.00 —

Tower Hamlets 800,000.00 —

Waltham Forest 200,000.00 —

Wandsworth 300,000.00 —

Westminster 7,366,000.00 9,480,000.00

Total grants to authorities 22,085,000.00 10,777,000.00

Voluntary sector organisations

Not split by authority 9,658,188.00 1,493,550.00

Total grants to voluntary sector
organisations 9,658,188.00 1,493,550.00

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	Revenue	Capital
Authority
Barking and Dagenham	28,000.00	—
Barnet	165,000.00	—
Bexley	58,000.00	—
Brent	783,000.00	—
Bromley	100,000.00	—
Camden	1,800,000.00	—
City of London	515,000.00	—
Croydon	600,000.00	—
Ealing	600,000.00	—
Enfield	250,000.00	—
Greater London Authority	40,000.00	—
Greenwich	100,000.00	—
Hackney	640,000.00	—
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,500,000.00	470,000.00
Haringey	200,000.00	—
Harrow	183,000.00	—
Havering	27,000.00	—
Hillingdon	80,000.00	—
Hounslow	180,000.00	—
Islington	357,000.00	—
Kensington and Chelsea	943,000.00	—
Kingston upon Thames	90,000.00	—
Lambeth	2,100,000.00	—
Lewisham	100,000.00	474,000.00
Merton	80,000.00	—
Newham	250,000.00	—
Redbridge	105,000.00	—
Richmond	295,000.00	—
Southwark	1,100,000.00	353,000.00
Sutton	150,000.00	—
Tower Hamlets	800,000.00	—
Waltham Forest	200,000.00	—
Wandsworth	300,000.00	—
Westminster	7,366,000.00	9,480,000.00
Total grants to authorities	22,085,000.00	10,777,000.00

Voluntary sector organisations
Not split by authority	9,658,188.00	1,493,550.00
Total grants to voluntary sector organisations	9,658,188.00	1,493,550.00

Housing Corporation

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) total and (b) administration expenditure of the Housing Corporation was in each year since 1996–97; and what the estimates are for (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2006–07. [46984]

Yvette Cooper: The total expenditure and administration expenditure by the Housing Corporation for each year since 1996–97 is shown as follows:
£ million

Admin spend Total spend

1996–97 29.90 1,638.10

1997–98 29.00 1,327.80

1998–99 28.80 1,245.80

1999–2000 29.90 1,329.90

2000–01 30.60 1,404.90

2001–02 34.10 1,421.50

2002–03 36.39 1,749.29

2003–04 39.35 2,111.58

2004–05 41.90 1,746.89

2005–06 44.13 1,706.74

2006–07 41.80 1,891.74

	Admin spend	Total spend
1996–97	29.90	1,638.10
1997–98	29.00	1,327.80
1998–99	28.80	1,245.80
1999–2000	29.90	1,329.90
2000–01	30.60	1,404.90
2001–02	34.10	1,421.50
2002–03	36.39	1,749.29
2003–04	39.35	2,111.58
2004–05	41.90	1,746.89
2005–06	44.13	1,706.74
2006–07	41.80	1,891.74

Figures for 1996–97 to 2004–05 are based on information from the Housing Corporation's annual accounts.

The figures for 2005–06 and 2006–07 are based on proposed budgets as at 30 January 2006.

The administration figures include expenditure on staff costs and capital. The total includes all administration costs along with all programmes, both capital and revenue operated by the Housing Corporation for each year provided.

Leisure Centres

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of the

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transfer of leisure facilities from local authorities to newly-formed charitable trusts on their access to capital for refurbishment; [50118]

(2) if he will list the local authorities that have transferred the ownership of leisure centres and swimming pools to newly-formed charitable trusts; and which facilities were transferred. [50119]

Mr. Caborn: I have been asked to reply.

Specific information on the transfer of ownership of leisure centres from local authorities to newly-formed charitable trusts is not centrally collated. However, information from the Leisure Data Base Company suggests that approximately one-fifth of public leisure facilities in England are provided through trusts.

My Department recognises the importance of this issue in ensuring the continued sustainability of publicly provided sports facilities. The Audit Commission is currently undertaking a study into the different types of management arrangements available to local authorities for running these services and how they approach the task of choosing the option best suited to local needs. This is expected to include a consideration of the potential implications of each of these options, including for charitable trusts.

I will ensure a copy of the study is placed in the House Libraries once it is published.

Local Authority Housing

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council houses in (a) England and (b) Tamworth constituency (i) have been brought up to the decent homes standard and (ii) remain to be brought up to that standard. [48657]

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Yvette Cooper: The information is as follows.

(a) The number of local authority owned non-decent homes in England has decreased from £1,869,000 in 1996 to 972,000 in 2003 ¹ .

(b) Tamworth has reported that their number of local authority non-decent homes has decreased from 2,664 in 2001 to 1,371 in 2005 ² .

Sources:

¹ English House Condition Survey ² Business Plan Annual Monitoring returns

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of local authority housing stock in (a) England, (b) London and (c) each London borough has been sold under the right to buy scheme in each year since 1980. [48706]

Yvette Cooper: The number of right to buy (RTB) sales in England, London and each London borough are shown on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/373/Table4StatisticsonRighttoBuyandothercouncilhouse sales Excel242Kb_id1156373.xls. http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/371/SalesoflocalauthoritystockinEnglandregional grossedtotalsExcel43Kb_id1156371.xls.

Information on local authority housing stock is available in Table 116 at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/22/Tablel16Excel127Kb_id1156022.xls.

The proportion of local authority stock that has been sold through the right to buy scheme is the number of RTB sales in each financial year divided by the local authority stock at the beginning of that same period. Information is only available for years shown. Regional and national figures have been grossed to compensate for missing data.
Right to buy sales as a proportion of local authority stock: London authorities and England Percentage

1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

England 1.22 1.71 1.74 1.85 2.34 2.83 2.14

London 1.36 1.98 2.08 1.85 2.25 2.56 2.21

Barking and Dagenham 1.54 3.08 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.60 3.01 2.05

Barnet 1.96 2.24 2.01 1.37 ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.16 0.00

Bexley 0.00 0.00 0.00 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

Brent 1.52 2.27 ⁽²⁵⁾— 1.47 1.51 1.82 0.00

Bromley 0.00 0.00 0.00 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

Camden 1.79 2.02 2.81 2.50 1.83 2.02 1.70

City of London 10.74 15.73 10.25 8.21 8.42 13.07 9.52

Croydon 0.99 1.16 1.60 1.70 1.64 2.22 1.14

Ealing 1.41 2.33 2.23 2.11 ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.33 1.27

Enfield 1.10 2.41 1.63 1.57 2.18 3.06 1.76

Greenwich 1.21 1.77 1.82 1.70 2.06 2.65 1.58

Hackney 0.93 1.52 2.61 ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.61 2.51 2.83

Hammersmith and Fulham 1.18 1.59 2.49 1.52 ⁽²⁵⁾— 1.73 1.56

Haringey 1.44 2.27 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.01 2.76 2.77

Harrow 1.50 2.10 1.41 ⁽²⁵⁾— 1.18 1.53 1.94

Havering 1.61 2.41 2.20 1.81 1.82 2.21 1.10

Hillingdon 2.32 2.19 1.95 1.38 1.40 1.53 0.93

Hounslow 1.79 2.08 1.78 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.61 1.20

Islington 1 .07 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.65 2.19 2.44 0.00

Kensington and Chelsea 1.26 1.98 1.47 0.59 0.60 1.08 0.68

Kingston upon Thames 1.03 1.86 0.98 0.62 1.37 1.37 0.72

Lambeth 1.08 1.58 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 3.00

Lewisham 1.56 1.92 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 3.34 ⁽²⁵⁾— 0.00

Merton 2.23 2.33 ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.34 2.71 2.82 1.84

Newham 1.25 1.83 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— 3.39 4.21 3.26

Redbridge 1.27 1.66 2.03 1.79 2.19 2.37 2.17

Richmond upon Thames 1.35 3.34 ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁵⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

Southwark 0.80 1.24 1.59 1.86 2.03 3.05 3.84

Sutton 1.29 2.25 1.57 1.40 1.75 1.81 0.74

Tower Hamlets 1.85 2.61 3.72 3.72 4.69 3.32 3.68

Waltham Forest 1.28 1.99 1.77 1.40 ⁽²⁵⁾— 2.64 1.93

Wandsworth 1.33 2.63 1.70 ⁽²⁵⁾— 0.29 1.39 1.68

Westminster 1.61 2.66 3.11 1.52 1.64 2.33 1.15

⁽²⁵⁾ Not applicable due to large scale voluntary transfer of local authority stock to a registered social landlord.
⁽²⁶⁾ Information not available due to missing return from local authority.
Source:
Returns (P1A/B & HSSA) from local authorities to ODPM

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	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
England	1.22	1.71	1.74	1.85	2.34	2.83	2.14
London	1.36	1.98	2.08	1.85	2.25	2.56	2.21
Barking and Dagenham	1.54	3.08	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.60	3.01	2.05
Barnet	1.96	2.24	2.01	1.37	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.16	0.00
Bexley	0.00	0.00	0.00	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Brent	1.52	2.27	⁽²⁵⁾—	1.47	1.51	1.82	0.00
Bromley	0.00	0.00	0.00	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Camden	1.79	2.02	2.81	2.50	1.83	2.02	1.70
City of London	10.74	15.73	10.25	8.21	8.42	13.07	9.52
Croydon	0.99	1.16	1.60	1.70	1.64	2.22	1.14
Ealing	1.41	2.33	2.23	2.11	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.33	1.27
Enfield	1.10	2.41	1.63	1.57	2.18	3.06	1.76
Greenwich	1.21	1.77	1.82	1.70	2.06	2.65	1.58
Hackney	0.93	1.52	2.61	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.61	2.51	2.83
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.18	1.59	2.49	1.52	⁽²⁵⁾—	1.73	1.56
Haringey	1.44	2.27	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.01	2.76	2.77
Harrow	1.50	2.10	1.41	⁽²⁵⁾—	1.18	1.53	1.94
Havering	1.61	2.41	2.20	1.81	1.82	2.21	1.10
Hillingdon	2.32	2.19	1.95	1.38	1.40	1.53	0.93
Hounslow	1.79	2.08	1.78	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.61	1.20
Islington	1 .07	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.65	2.19	2.44	0.00
Kensington and Chelsea	1.26	1.98	1.47	0.59	0.60	1.08	0.68
Kingston upon Thames	1.03	1.86	0.98	0.62	1.37	1.37	0.72
Lambeth	1.08	1.58	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	3.00
Lewisham	1.56	1.92	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	3.34	⁽²⁵⁾—	0.00
Merton	2.23	2.33	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.34	2.71	2.82	1.84
Newham	1.25	1.83	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	3.39	4.21	3.26
Redbridge	1.27	1.66	2.03	1.79	2.19	2.37	2.17
Richmond upon Thames	1.35	3.34	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁵⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Southwark	0.80	1.24	1.59	1.86	2.03	3.05	3.84
Sutton	1.29	2.25	1.57	1.40	1.75	1.81	0.74
Tower Hamlets	1.85	2.61	3.72	3.72	4.69	3.32	3.68
Waltham Forest	1.28	1.99	1.77	1.40	⁽²⁵⁾—	2.64	1.93
Wandsworth	1.33	2.63	1.70	⁽²⁵⁾—	0.29	1.39	1.68
Westminster	1.61	2.66	3.11	1.52	1.64	2.33	1.15

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