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Sustainable Communities Conference
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budgeted total cost to public funds was of the 2007 Sustainable Communities Conference. [86780]
Yvette Cooper: The 2007 Sustainable Communities Summit was planned as a self funding event. Forecast expenditures and revenues were both £4.3 million. Expenditures were to be recouped through exhibitor and sponsorship revenues and delegate fees.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of affordable housing were provided in rural areas in each year since 1997. [85130]
Yvette Cooper: The numbers of units of affordable housing provided to rural areas in each financial year since 1997-98 are in the table. Affordable housing supply data is available at local authority level therefore it is only possible to measure how many dwellings have been built in local authorities classified as rural using the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) rural definitions. This will include dwellings built in towns that are within a local authority classified as rural, but will not include dwellings built in small towns or villages within local authorities classified as urban.
| Affordable dwellings provided in rural areas( 1) | |
| Number | |
| (1)
Figures prior to 2000-01 exclude dwellings provided solely through
Section 106 ‘planning’
agreements. Source: Housing Corporation, returns from local authorities to the Department for Communities and Local Government (HSSA and P2). | |
For further information on the DEFRA Rural Definition and Local Authority Classification please see: http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/rural_resd/rural_ definition.asp
Land Classification
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) area of sites designated as derelict land, broken down by region; and what the figures were (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago. [84058]
Yvette Cooper: The information available is from the National Land Use Database of Previously-Developed Land, which was carried out on an experimental basis in 1998 and annually from 2001. The estimates of area are shown in the following table. The local authorities which provide the data make an allowance for small sites but these are not recorded individually, so that it is not possible to give an estimate of the total number of sites.
| Trends in amounts of derelict land and buildings | |||||
| hectares | |||||
| 1998 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Source: National
Land Use Database of Previously-Developed
Land | |||||
James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much land was designated as (a) brownfield and (b) greenfield site in (i) Rochford district council area, (ii) Southend-on-Sea borough council and (iii) Rochford and Southend East constituency in each year since 1997. [84249]
Yvette
Cooper: Information on amounts of brownfield land in each
local authority is available from the National Land Use Database of
Previously-Developed Land. There were data collections in 1998 and
annually from 2001. The amounts of land reported by the local
authorities are shown in the table attached. Information for the
constituency, which cuts across
local authority boundaries, is not available except at disproportionate
cost. Information on greenfield land
available for development is not held centrally and could be provided
only at disproportionate cost.
| Amount of brownfield land by land type: Southend-on-Sea and Rochford 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 | |||||
| hectares | |||||
| Land/building type | 1998( 1) | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| (1)
The 1998 specification of land currently in use allocated in the local
plan or with planning permission included only housing
sites. (2) Not available. | |||||
Planning
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to consult on reforms to Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 better to protect land threatened with division into small plots; and if she will make a statement. [86275]
Yvette Cooper: The Government issued a consultation paper on this issue on the 1 August.
Relative Need
John Hemming: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the relative need factors are; and what value they have for the financial year 2006-07. [65414]
Mr. Woolas: I have been asked to reply.
The Relative Needs Formulae are, based on the demographic, physical and social characteristics of each area, used in the calculation of Formula Grant. Formula Grant comprises Revenue Support Grant, Redistributed Business Rates and principal formula Police Grant.
In 2006-07, the total of all the Relative Needs Formulae is factor of 0.67811309347259. The total for each of the separate Relative Needs Formulae are given in Annex E of the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2006-07.
The Relative Needs Formulae for each local authority can be found on the Department for Communities and Local Government website at:
http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0607/g:rant.htm
Water Conservation
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer from the then Minister for the Environment to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 4 May 2006, Official Report, columns 1732-3W, on water conservation resources, when a copy of the sustainability impacts study of additional house building scenarios in England will be placed in the Library. [85446]
Yvette Cooper: Copies of the sustainability impacts study of additional housing scenarios in England were placed in the Library on 27 April 2006. The report is also available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website at: http://www. communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1162086.
Treasury
Poverty
Tim Farron: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas were below the poverty line in each year since 1997. [88638]
Mr. Jim Murphy: I have been asked to reply.
Reliable information is not available below Government Office Region; the available information is in the tables.
| Number of households falling below 60 per cent. of the contemporary median income, by urban and rural areas: England, for the years 1996-97 to 2004-05 | ||||
| Number of households (million) | ||||
| Before housing costs | Before housing costs | |||
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| Note: All values presented for urban and rural areas in England are single-year estimates as sample sizes for these areas are large enough to support a robust single-year time-series. Source: Family Resources Survey | ||||
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