| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
9 Oct 2006 : Column 394W—continued
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of homes in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas were occupied as second homes in each year since 1997. [88529]
Yvette Cooper: The table gives the information requested. The number of properties is not available for parliamentary constituencies: Figures for South Lakeland constituency are presented as this is the local authority which is the closest to the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. Second homes data are not available prior to 2002 on a robust consistent basis.
| Percentage of Second Homes 2002 to 2005 | |||||
| England and Wales | Cumbria | South Lakeland | Urban England | Rural England percentage | |
| Source: CTB1 returns to DCLG. | |||||
Local authorities in England have been classified as rural or urban according to definitions given by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For further information on the DEFRA classification please see: http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/rural_resd/rural_definition.asp
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of new housing completed in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas was affordable housing in each year since 1997. [88548]
Yvette Cooper: The following table shows the proportion of newly built homes defined as affordable. The Department does not collect information on affordable housing in Wales; therefore the table refers to England only. New build completions data are only available at local authority level; therefore specific information relating to Westmoreland and Lonsdale constituency is not available. As South Lakeland LA is the local authority that comprises the majority of Westmoreland and Lonsdale, it has been included in the table.
For parts (d) and (e) local authority information has been aggregated by the DEFRA Rural Definition and Local Authority Classification, details of which can be found on the DEFRA website: http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/rural_resd/rural_definition.asp
Section 106 data have only been collected from 2000-01.
This information does not include new affordable homes provided through acquisition and refurbishment for both social rent and low-cost home ownership.
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average price of houses sold was in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas in each year since 1997. [88640]
Yvette Cooper: The following table gives the information requested. Estimates of average house prices at local authority level, for regions and counties and for England and Wales as a whole are based on Land Registry data. Estimates of average house prices are not available for parliamentary constituencies: South Lakeland is the local authority which is the closest to Westmorland and Lonsdale.
| House prices 1997 to 2005 | |||||
| £ | |||||
| England and Wales | Cumbria | South Lakeland | Urban England | Rural England | |
| Source: Land Registry | |||||
Local authorities in England have been classified as rural or urban according to definitions given by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For further information on the DEFRA classification please see: http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/rural_resd/rural_definition.asp
Further information on house prices in local authority areas for the period 1996 to 2005 is available in Table 585 on the DCLG website. The web link for Table 585 is: http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/159/Tab1e585_id1156159.xls
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of new affordable houses required in Coventry in each year until 2015. [89278]
Yvette Cooper: The Department for Communities and Local Government does not make estimates of the number of new affordable houses required in Coventry. Coventry city council is required to assess the need for affordable housing as part of the housing needs assessment and the local and regional planning process.
Allocations to provide new affordable housing are made from the national Affordable Housing Programme, on the recommendation of the regional housing board, and through a local bidding process to the Housing Corporation.
During 2006-08 the city council expects there to be 320 new affordable homes in the city, at this stage there are no estimates of provision beyond this date.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new houses have been built in each constituency since 1999. [89524]
Yvette Cooper: Information on new build dwellings is collected by local authority, not constituency. A table showing the number of new build dwelling completions in each local authority in England, in each year from 1999 to 2005, has been placed in the Library of the House.
Source:
P2 house building return from local authorities and National House Building Council
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses in each local authority area are of (a) cavity wall, (b) solid wall and (c) timber frame construction. [89808]
Angela E. Smith: The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information for each local authority on these details. The 2004 English House Condition Survey provides the following figures for England:
| Wall construction of dwelling. | Number of dwellings (Thousand) |
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of severely overcrowded households which fall within the health and safety standards category 1 hazard in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England. [90114]
Yvette Cooper: My Department has not made such estimates and does not collect the information it would require in order to do so. The Housing Health and Safety Rating System replaced the housing fitness standard in England in April 2006 and in Wales in June 2006. The English House Condition Survey will provide annual national estimates for England with publication of its results for 2006 (expected early in 2008) and subsequent years.
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which local authorities are not expected to achieve the private sector decent homes standard by 2010; [90119]
(2) which local authorities have not produced a strategy for achieving the private sector decent homes standard. [90120]
Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not held centrally. Estimates from the English House Condition Survey in 2003 and 2004 indicate that nationally we are ahead of trajectory towards meeting the private sector decent homes target that 70 per cent. of vulnerable households in that sector are living in decent homes. Between 1996 and 2004 this targeted percentage has increased from 47 per cent. to 66 per cent. The survey also shows that no regions are significantly behind the overall national position.
It is the responsibility of Government Offices to monitor progress in their own regions and satisfy themselves that local authorities have robust policies in place. It is a requirement for local authorities to produce housing strategies that review a wide range of housing-related issues in their areas and to establish their priorities for action, including the need to meet this target.
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were statutorily overcrowded in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England in the most recent period for which figures are available. [90121]
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |