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Stroud parliamentary constituency number of households : owner occupied
Area All households All owner occupied households Owns outright Owns with a mortgage or loan Shared ownership( 1)

Amberley and Woodchester

880

725

401

321

3

Berkeley

1,744

1,259

570

680

9

Bisley

886

753

449

304

0

Cainscross

2,688

2,011

832

1,165

14

Cam East

1,773

1,426

670

742

14

Cam West

1,734

1,268

534

731

3

Central

776

561

280

277

4

Chalford

2,612

2,290

905

1,379

6

Coaley and Uley

911

724

399

325

0

Dursley

2,521

1,713

772

918

23

Eastington and Standish

686

532

244

280

8

Farmhill and Paganhill

971

629

296

329

4

Hardwicke

1,871

1,462

452

1,003

7

Minchinhampton

1,710

1,301

787

514

0

Nailsworth

2,510

1,822

801

1,007

14

Over Stroud

720

626

291

332

3

Painswick

1,852

1,472

959

510

3

Rodborough

1,847

1,614

731

883

0

Severn

1,701

1,325

615

707

3

Slade

935

568

197

371

0

Stonehouse

3,003

2,113

800

1,299

14

The Stanleys

1,719

1,309

616

690

3

Thrupp

894

773

321

446

6

Trinity

927

630

291

330

9

Uplands

926

677

229

445

3

Upton St. Leonards

854

728

398

330

0

Vale

673

523

262

261

0

Valley

930

602

217

378

7

Wotton-under-Edge(2)

2,619

1,947

901

1,041

5

(1)Pays part rent and mortgage.
(2) These data relate to the constituency boundary as defined at the end of 2003. The wards have been provided on a best-fit basis to that boundary. Data for the whole of Wooton-under-Edge ward have been provided in this response but the ward is actually split between Stroud and Cotswold Parliamentary Constituencies.
Source:
2007 Census Table KS 18 in Key Statistics for Output Areas

IT

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department and its predecessor in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. [71786]

Angela E. Smith: The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) was created in May 2006 and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2002. Expenditure on IT sourced externally over this period is as follows:

Financial year Expenditure (£)

2002-03

26,748,425

2003-04

20,913,037

2004-05

16,815,471

2005-06

18,108,962

Note:
These figures include VAT where appropriate.

Regarding responsibility for IT projects, ODPM introduced dual key sign off in 2005-06, under which IT expenditure is approved jointly by the CIO and the relevant business manager. Prior to this responsibility rested with project Executives (formerly Senior Responsible Owner under Prince2 methodology).

There is no central record of project Executives, their expertise and qualifications; providing this information could not be achieved without incurring disproportionate cost.

Libraries

Mr. Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many libraries have been closed in the last two years, broken down by region; and what estimate she has made of the number of libraries that will be closed in 2006. [76889]

Mr. Lammy: I have been asked to reply.

The table shows the change in the number of static public libraries, grouped into bands by opening hours, over the last three years and, for context, the comparable figures for 1997-98. The same information, by region, can be found in the Public Library Statistics published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

There have been a number of library closure proposals in recent months. I have written to the leaders of all the 149 library authorities in England asking them to consider carefully what would be lost through closures. Since then a number of the original proposals have either been dropped or scaled down.

Although some proposals remain it is too early to speculate on their likely outcome. However, my officials continue to monitor the situation closely.

Static libraries in England
Hours open per week
60 plus 45 to 59 30 to 44 10 to 29 <10

1997-98

6

449

1,279

1,323

157

2002-03

42

598

1,168

1,240

91

2003-04

51

683

1,143

1,186

80

2004-05

69

727

1,139

1,106

96


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Local Government Finance

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funds were distributed to each London borough to increase efficiency in local government in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [75698]

Angela E. Smith: Funding to support efficiency in local authorities is distributed to nine Regional Centres of Excellence (RCEs). Each RCE has its own local governance arrangements for supporting authorities across the region.

Funding for individual projects, many of which operate across local authority boundaries, are decided by the RCE Board. Specifically, since 2004-05, funding made available to the London RCE in relation to taking forward the Efficiency Agenda is as follows:

Receiving authority Grant payable (2004-05) Grant payable (2005-06) Additional core funding (2005-06) Workstream specific efficiency support (2005-06)

London Regional Centre of Excellence

1.25 million

1.6 million

50,000

228,366.25 100,000


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