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Newark(1)
North Cornwall
North Kesteven
North Lincoln
North Shropshire
North Warwick
Northampton
Nuneaton
NW Leicester
Oadby and Wigston
Oswestry
Oxford City
Pendle
Poole(1)
Portsmouth
Reading
Redbridge(1)
Redditch
Ribble Valley
Richmondshire
Rochford
Rotherham(1)
Rugby
Runnymede
Rutland
Salisbury
Sedgefield
Sedgemoor(1)
Sefton
Selby
Shepway
Slough
Solihull(1)
South Beds
South Cambridge
South Derby
South Gloucs
South Holland
South Kesteven
South Lakeland(1)
South Northants
South Tyneside(1)
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea(1)
St. Albans
Stevenage(1)
Stockport(1)
Stoke-on-Trent
Stroud
Sutton(1)
Swindon
Tamworth
Tandridge
Taunton Deane
Tendring
Three Rivers
Thurrock
Uttlesford
Wandsworth
Warrington(1)
Warwick
Waveney
Waverley
Wealden
Wear Valley(1)
Wellingborough
West Lancashire
Winchester
Woking
Wokingham
Wolverhampton(1)
Wycombe
2006-07 is the latest financial year for which audited data are available. Although( )local housing authorities in surplus and so making HRA subsidy payments to the( )Department outnumber local housing authorities receiving positive HRA subsidy, the( )Exchequer made a net contribution of £148 million to HRA subsidy nationally.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2008, Official Report, column 583W, and 1 February 2008, Official Report, column 690-91W, on housing: low incomes, what the early repayment charges are on (a) Part 1 and (b) Part 2 of the loans offered by Yorkshire Building Society if the mortgage is redeemed or the property is sold within the first five years of the mortgage. [189241]
Mr. Iain Wright: The question does not relate to our low cost home ownership policy. It is in relation to loans offered by a mortgage lender.
The Yorkshire Building Society should be contacted for details of early repayment charges on parts 1 and 2.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Housing Corporation plans to produce an assessment methodology for determining the impact of affordable housing investment decisions on community cohesion; and if she will make a statement. [190154]
Mr. Iain Wright: As set out in the response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, published on 4 February, the Housing Corporation within their Affordable Housing Programme requires all Investment Partners to provide a ‘Method Statement’ that details how they intend to meet the needs of diverse communities.
The Corporation will be doing further work later this year on an assessment methodology for determining the impact of affordable housing investment decisions on community cohesion.
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) percentage increase and (b) cash change in (i) housing management allowance, (ii) housing maintenance allowance and (iii) major works allowance subsidies for local authorities in England was in each year since 1997. [164189]
Mr. Iain Wright: The percentage and cash changes to the management allowance, maintenance allowance and major repairs allowance are shown in the following table.
Figures in the table are based on stock weighted average allowances for England. Certain factors used in the calculation of allowances are updated every year. For instance, the costs of building labour varies regionally and this variation can fluctuate from year to year. This means that the allowances for management, maintenance and the MRA can have regional variations in them from year to year. These variations redistribute the management, maintenance and MRA pot within the allowances, rather than adding extra allowance.
Housing: Standards
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answers of 18 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1328-9W, on housing standards, which councils have delivery dates to meet the decent home standard; and what those dates are in each case. [177187]
Mr. Iain Wright: The information requested has been deposited in the Library of the House.
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have given her Department notice that they will not be able to achieve the decent homes standard by 2010. [180080]
Mr. Iain Wright: The information requested has been deposited in the Library of the House.
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the (a) 2026 new housing targets and (b) annual new housing targets proposed by each of the advisory panels of all the respective regional assemblies in England. [189172]
Mr. Iain Wright [holding answer 26 February 2008]: The Government sets the overall strategy for housing supply in England. The Housing Green Paper, “Homes for the Future: more affordable, more sustainable” (July 2007), sets out a target to increase housing supply to 240,000 additional homes per annum by 2016.
Four out of eight RSSs have a plan life period, which extend to 2026:
Yorkshire and Humber
West Midlands
South East
South West
The remaining four RSSs have a plan life period, which extends to 2021:
North East
North West
East Midlands
East of England
Detailed housing targets are not set by Government, but are set out in regional and local plans which are developed through regional and local planning processes.
Detailed housing targets proposed in each RSS can be examined by accessing the websites cited as follows:
http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/News/2007/Assembly%20 welcomes%20publication%20of%20RSS%20panel%20 report/
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