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British Food

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by her Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. [111129]

Angela E. Smith: The percentage of food of British origin in the Communities and Local Government restaurants in the headquarters buildings and agencies are:

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Item 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006

Eggs

100

100

100

100

100

100

Milk products

95

95

100

100

100

100

Cheeses

50

60

50

50

40

40

Root vegetables

65

75

90

95

100

100

Salad vegetables

5

10

35

40

75

75

Fruit

5

10

20

25

40

40

Fish

70

65

15

15

80

80

Bakery products

80

80

85

85

100

100

Chicken

50

50

50

50

100

100

Beef

85

95

95

95

100

100

Lamb

95

95

0

0

100

100

Bacon

45

45

0

0

80

80

Pork

100

100

100

100

100

100


This answer does not include the Government Offices, who carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments, or the Planning Inspectorate who do not retain this information.

Communities England

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Supporting People Programme will continue under Communities England. [112239]

Mr. Woolas: Supporting People Funding is provided directly to local authorities. There are no plans for the Supporting People Programme to be affected by the creation of Communities England. Communities England is expected to assume the responsibility of the Housing Corporation for providing capital investment for supported housing projects.

Departmental Photographs

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent on photography in 2005-06. [117958]

Angela E. Smith: Records of spend on photography were not held centrally by the Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Travel

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Department's expenditure on foreign travel, including accommodation, was in 1996-97. [114084]

Angela E. Smith: As there have been significant changes in departmental responsibilities since 1996-97 the information requested is not complete.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) on 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1459W.

Disabled Facilities Grant

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much in matched funding Bassetlaw district council reported to her Department on the disabled facilities grant annual claim form in each of the last five years; and how much the council claimed from the Government in each year. [111779]

Yvette Cooper [holding answer 26 January 2007]: The following table details Bassetlaw district council’s last five years, grant claims for central Government funding (60 per cent.) and their matched funding (40 per cent.). The most recent available data are from 2005-06.

£
Match funding Central Government funding

2001-02

81,737

122,606

2002-03

53,948

80,923

2003-04

109,436

164,154

2004-05

100,740

151,110

2005-06

172,667

259,000


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Discrimination

Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the consultation paper following the Discrimination Law Review will be published. [118408]

Mr. Woolas: The proposals emerging from the Discrimination Law Review will be published in a Green Paper for public consultation, shortly.

Domestic Violence

Mr. Touhig: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of people made homeless in England and Wales as a direct result of domestic violence in each of the past five years. [111093]

Yvette Cooper: Information about English local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation is collected by the Department in respect of households (rather than people), at local authority level and on a quarterly basis. The Department does not hold statistics for the devolved administrations.

Households who are accepted by English local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need are owed a main homelessness duty by the local authority.

Data on these acceptances are published in a quarterly statistical release on Statutory Homelessness. Table 4 of the release shows a breakdown of acceptances by priority need category, which includes domestic violence. Table 5 shows a breakdown of acceptances by reason for loss of last settled home, which includes violent relationship breakdown with partner.

The release is published on our website each quarter. The latest, July to September 2006, can be found at the following address:

It includes data for the last five years. A copy of this release can also be found in the Library.

The Government are committed to tackling and preventing the underlying causes of homelessness, including domestic violence, and have recently published guidance encouraging local authorities to set up sanctuary schemes to enable victims of domestic violence to remain in their own accommodation, where it is safe for them to do so, where it is their choice and where the perpetrator no longer lives in the accommodation.

Equality

Dr. Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether draft equality legislation or proposals will be presented for scrutiny to the Communities and Local Government Committee. [117929]

Mr. Woolas: The Communities and Local Government Committee will have the opportunity to comment on our proposals to provide protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services; in respect
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of premises; and in the work of public authorities later this month, when we publish the response to the "Getting Equal" consultation. Subject to parliamentary approval, we intend to bring the regulations into effect this April, alongside commencement of the provisions on Religion or Belief contained within Part 2 of the Equality Act 2006.

The Committee will also have the opportunity to comment on the proposals emerging from the Discrimination Law Review which will be published in a Green Paper for public consultation, shortly.

Family Breakdown

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how she measures the extent of family breakdown in the context of her policies on community cohesion; whether figures on family breakdown are collected by (a) region and (b) local authority area; and if she will make a statement. [117556]

Mr. Woolas: The Government do not collect statistics on numbers of family breakdowns outside of divorce, given that relationship breakdowns outside of divorce are difficult to define and record. Community cohesion measurements primarily focus on how well people from different backgrounds get on together in the local area. The Commission on Integration and Cohesion, which will make recommendations in June, has been tasked with looking at practical ways to improve community cohesion.

Fire Service

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the potential impact of (a) terrorism and (b) climate change was considered in the development of the Online Business Case for the Fire Control Project. [117583]

Angela E. Smith: The draft Business Case acknowledges that in recent years, the scale and nature of incidents to which the Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) have responded has grown as a result of both terrorist activity and climate change. The FiReControl project aims to enhance the capacity of the FRS’ to respond to any incident from house fires to national emergencies.

Housing

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what provision there was of (a) social housing and (b) affordable housing in the West Lancashire constituency in each of the last 10 years. [112216]

Yvette Cooper: Information specific to the West Lancashire constituency is not held centrally. The stock of social rent housing in the West Lancashire district in each of the last 10 years can be found on the Communities and Local Government website:

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Local authorities

A copy of the tables has been placed in the Library of the House.

Housing provided for social rent makes up part of the affordable housing supply with other dwellings being provided through low cost home ownership schemes. In the last 10 years 42 affordable dwellings have been provided in the West Lancashire local authority area through low cost home ownership schemes.

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what temporary housing provision was made available to the homeless in the West Lancashire constituency in each of the last 10 years. [112217]

Yvette Cooper: Information about local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation is collected quarterly at local authority level. The constituency of West Lancashire is contained wholly within West Lancashire district council, which also contains part of the South Ribble constituency.

Information reported each quarter by local authorities about their activities under homelessness legislation includes the number of households in temporary accommodation on the last day of the quarter, and the types of temporary accommodation. The figures include both those households who have been accepted as owed the main homelessness duty, and those for which inquiries are pending.

Data are published in our quarterly statistical release on Statutory Homelessness, which includes a Supplementary Table showing the breakdown of key data, including temporary accommodation and type, by each local authority. These are published on our website each quarter (the latest—July to September 2006—can be found at the following address:


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