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Information is collected by the Department, since 1998, on the number of people who sleep rough, that is, those who are literally roofless on a single night.
| Number of people sleeping rough | |
Information about local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation, which is collected in respect of households rather than persons, is summarised from 1997 onwards in a quarterly Statistical Release, the latest of which was published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 13 March.
Table 3 provides a regional breakdown of households accepted as owed a main homelessness duty, and Table 7 similarly presents those in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities at the end of each quarter.
Copies are available in the Library, and from the ODPM website at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id==l002882&PressNoticeID=2Q95.
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.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funds his Department has allocated to reducing homelessness in each of the last eight years. [67109]
Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
The following table shows the amounts of grant that were allocated by ODPM to local authorities and voluntary organisations in England in each of the last eight years for reducing homelessness.
| £ million | |||
| Local authorities | Voluntary organisations | Total | |
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate she has made of the number of black and minority ethnic young people who are homeless. [71245]
Yvette Cooper: This specific information is not collected centrally and no estimates are currently available.
In 2005, there were some 20,700 identified black and minority ethnic households accepted as homeless and in a priority need category (21 per cent. of all accepted households), but a corresponding breakdown by age is not available. In the same period, there were nearly 9,000 households consisting of young people in priority need that is, those aged 16 or 17, or those care—leavers aged under 21 (9 per cent. of all accepted households)—but a corresponding breakdown by ethnicity is not available.
Recognising the disproportionate risk of homelessness for ethnic minorities, ODPM commissioned research in 2003 to find out more about the causes of statutory homelessness among these households in England. Findings were published last September, and at the same time a £3 million Ethnic Minorities Innovation Fund was launched to provide money for new, innovative projects to reduce and prevent homelessness among ethnic minority communities and to support the delivery of good practice more widely.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were registered homeless in each London borough in each of the last 5 years. [72420]
Yvette Cooper: Information collected about local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation is in respect of households rather than persons. A table presenting reported information on the number of households accepted by each local authority in England, including London Boroughs, as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need in each year from 1999-2000 to 2004-05 was provided in an answer to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) in October 2005, and is available in the Library.
Homelessness information for the January-March quarter 2006, including summary data at local authority level, will be published in a Statistical Release on 12 June 2006.
Housing
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister from what budget the £970 million announced in the 2006 Budget for housing will be funded; and whether it is additional expenditure above previously announced spending plans. [66255]
Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for St. Ives (Andrew George) on 22 May 2006, Official Report, column 1401W.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many individuals resided in Government-subsidised housing in (a) Romford, (b) Havering and (c) Greater London in each of the last eight years. [67011]
Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
Information on the number of individuals in Government subsidised housing is not available centrally. Information on the number of council homes and registered social landlord units and bedspaces is published on the ODPM website. Table 115 gives the RSL rented stock by local authority from 1997 and is available at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/21/Table115 Excel96Kb_id1156021.xls.
Table 116 gives the local authority rented stock by district from 1994 and is available at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/22/Table116Excel127Kb _id1156022.xls.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the average fees charged by local authorities for mandatory licensing of houses in multiple occupation. [70571]
Yvette Cooper: The regulatory impact assessment (RIA) for licensing of houses in multiple occupation which was published in February 2006 estimated that the average fee for mandatory licensing would be approximately £500. When this cost is averaged out over the five-year life of a licence, this would result in an annual cost of around £100. The estimate was based on a sample survey of local housing authorities carried out in December 2005.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2006, Official Report, column 805W, on housing, what the average subsidy was to a key worker in (a) Barnet and (b) London in each employment sector under (i) the Starter Home Initiative and (ii) Key Worker Living between 2004 and 2006; what the total cost was of each scheme in (A) Barnet and (B) London in that period, broken down by employment sector; and if she will make a statement. [72311]
Yvette Cooper: The Starter Home Initiative (SHI) was delivered mainly through equity loans. Table 1 details the total and average subsidy provided by employment sector under SHI in Barnet and across London between 2001-02 and 2003-04.
| Starter Home Initiative | |||
| Key worker | Average subsidy (£) | Total Social Housing Grant (£) | Units |
Key Worker Living (KWL) funding is divided between Open Market HomeBuy (equity loans) and new build products such as shared ownership and intermediate rent. For new build products it is not possible to provide average subsidy by sector. Table 2 details the total and average subsidy provided by employment sector under KWL Open Market HomeBuy in Barnet and across London between 2004-05 and 2005-06. Some £40 million has so far been provided in London to provide 932 units. None of these units have been developed in Barnet.
| Key Worker Living Open Market HomeBuy | |||
| Key worker | Average subsidy (£) | Total Social Housing Grant (£) | Units |
Teachers who qualify for London Challenge Teacher funding can receive up to £100,000 as an equity loan instead of £50,000 for all other key workers, which is why the average subsidy per unit is higher for this group.
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