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	2006-07		2007-08
London authority	Revenue	Capital	Revenue (allocation s to date)	Capital (allocation s to date)
Barking and Dagenham	100,000	—	105,300	—
Barnet	327,000	—	180,000	—
Bexley	88,000	—	140,000	—
Brent	780,000	225,000	885,000	—
Bromley	135,000	—	135,000	—
Camden	1,870,000	3,150,000	1,600,000	—
City of London	275,000	—	295,000	—
Croydon Council	562,000	—	580,000	—
Ealing	895,000	—	640,000	—
Enfield	250,000	—	250,000	—
GLA	—	—	—	—
Greenwich	218,000	—	170,000	—
Hackney	670,000	375,000	590,000	800,000
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,540,000	—	1,500,000	—
Haringey	200,000	—	235,000	—
Harrow	340,000	—	221,000	—
Havering	90,000	—	135,000	—
Hillingdon	130,000	—	100,000	—
Hounslow	205,000	—	240,000	—
Islington	415,000	250,000	400,000	—
Kensington and Chelsea	895,000	376,000	1,037,500	376,000
Kingston upon Thames	215,000	—	120,000	—
Lambeth	2,085,000	1,766,000	2,050,000	—
Lewisham	140,000	150,000	130,000	800,000
Merton	223,155	—	124,700	—
Newham	200,000	111,650	200,000	—
Redbridge	100,000	—	100,000	—
Richmond	335,000	226,500	400,000	73,500
Southwark	1,153,000	400,000	1,140,000	—
Sutton	130,000	—	231,000	—
Tower Hamlets	980,000	170,000	910,000	—
Waltham Forest	240,000	—	240,000	—
Wandsworth	290,000	—	352,000	—
Westminster	6,600,000	525,000	6,600,000	—
Totals	22,676,155	7,725,150	22,036,500	2,049,500

The following table contains the level of funding allocated direct to voluntary sector agencies in London over the last five years as an overall figure and not by each London constituency:

Funding to London voluntary organisations
	Funding (£)
2003-04	20,288,079
2004-05	9,225,948
2005-06	8,906,031
2006-07	9,168,031
2007-08	9,448,000

Housing Market: Regeneration

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research has been commissioned by (a) Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders and (b) her Department into property speculation in Pathfinder areas earmarked for demolition. [157496]

Mr. Iain Wright: As part of an ongoing national evaluation of the market renewal programme by Ecotec commissioned by the Government, a paper on buy-to-let activity was published in March 2007:
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“National Evaluation of Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders: Thematic Paper: Buy-to-Let Housing Market in the HMR Pathfinders”.

The thematic paper identified an increase in private investor activity within pathfinder areas since the implementation of the housing market renewal strategy. The emergence of this group of investors has had the impact of diversifying the structure of ownership within pathfinder areas. Commitment to the area has remained strong with the Association of residential Letting Agents (ARLA) reporting in 2004 that nearly two-thirds of respondents expected to hold their stock for at least 10 years and less than 10 per cent. would sell if house prices were to fall.

We and the pathfinders will continue to review market conditions as a fundamental part of establishing strong housing markets across pathfinder areas.

Housing: Grants

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much housing renewal grant funding was allocated to the demolition of properties in each Pathfinder area in each year since 2004-05; and what the estimated figures are for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. [157677]

Mr. Iain Wright: The following table provides information on the amount of housing market renewal grant funding spent on the demolition of properties in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 as well as estimates of the likely spend in 2007-08. It is not yet possible to provide an estimate of spend on demolition for 2008-09. These figures cover costs relating directly to the demolition of properties and not their acquisition. To date funding under the Housing Market Renewal programme has delivered 10,000 demolitions and 40,000 refurbishments.

	HMRF spent on demolition (£000)
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08 estimates
Birmingham Sandwell	209	918	186	285
East Lancashire	501	294	309	480
Hull and East Riding	0	581	285	560
Manchester Salford	830	1,289	1,768	1,935
Merseyside	343	852	1,106	1,884
Newcastle Gateshead	1,135	1,494	1,167	1,000
North Staffordshire	479	148	438	800
Oldham Rochdale	297	244	275	550
South Yorkshire	2,557	774	1,525	1,200
Total	6,351	6,594	7,059	8,694

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