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Fire Services: South West
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the current establishment is in each fire control room for every South West Fire and Rescue Authority; and what the anticipated establishment is at the Regional Control Centre in Taunton. [199481]
Mr. Dhanda: The current establishment and actual number of staff employed as at 31 March 2007 in each control room in the South West is given in the table as follows:
| Fire and Rescue Authority | Establishment( 1) (FTE) | Number Employed ( 2) (FTE) |
| (1 )“Establishment” is the agreed staffing level within each control room shown as Full Time Equivalent Employees. (2) “Number employed” is the actual number of people who currently work in each control room (Full Time Equivalents). This figure is often greater than establishment as it includes, for example, cover for maternity leave, secondments etc. | ||
Decisions about exact staffing levels will be a matter for the South West Fire Control Service Ltd. to decide. The Fire and Rescue Authorities included in this company are; Avon, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly and Wiltshire.
FireBuy Limited
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the operation of FireBuy Limited. [200613]
Mr. Dhanda: FireBuy Ltd. was established as a non-departmental public body in March 2006. Its role is to help deliver the National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service, published in November 2005. FireBuy’s aim is to secure efficiencies in procurement through the negotiation of fire-specific contracts for the Fire and Rescue Service. It is also working to advance interoperability within the service, improve standards of equipment and assist in removing traditional barriers to recruitment and reduce environmental impacts. The Department is currently reviewing the National Procurement Strategy, including the role of FireBuy Ltd.
Housing Associations: Borrowing
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the Housing Corporation has made of the effect of instability in the credit markets on borrowing by housing associations from the open market. [198866]
Caroline Flint: The Housing Corporation has instigated a quarterly review with all partner developing housing associations. Their conclusions from the last review in January are that most associations have sufficient facilities in place and agreed with lenders to fund their business plans, including new development for the next two years. The corporation does not, at this point, anticipate that the tightening of the credit market should adversely impact on housing associations ability to meet either their service commitments to tenants or development targets.
Local Government Finance: Planning
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated revenue from local authority planning fees was in each year since 1997. [194292]
Mr. Iain Wright: The estimated revenue from local authority planning fees are based on local authority voluntary returns to the Government and are not a published statistic.
Information for the period 1997-99 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Taking this into account the figures for the periods 1999-2000 to 2006-07 are as follows:
| £ million | |
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Lilley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to answer the letter of 12 March 2008 from the right hon. Member for
Hitchin and Harpenden on the meeting between officials of her Department, developers and Luton Borough Council on plans to build homes in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency. [201469]
Caroline Flint: I have now replied to the right hon. Member’s correspondence.
Planning: Flood Control
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) on what grounds developments may take place against the advice of the Environment Agency on the grounds of flood risk; [200275]
(2) what criteria she takes into account in taking decisions on whether building developments on functional flood plains should proceed. [200276]
Mr. Iain Wright: Planning applications are decided by local planning authorities in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. In arriving at their decisions, all representations made, including any from the Environment Agency on flood risk grounds, are taken into account. Each case is decided on its individual merits.
If a planning application for development in the functional flood plain is called-in or comes to the Secretary of State on appeal, it will be decided on the same basis as an application by a local planning authority. Where flood risk is an issue, account will be taken of the Government’s policy in Planning Policy Statement 25 “Development and Flood Risk”.
Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local councils in receipt of Preventing Violent Extremism funding for the year 2008-09 have (a) signed up and (b) not signed up to indicator IN35 as a condition of receiving that funding. [201229]
Mr. Dhanda: As Local Area Agreement negotiations are ongoing, I am not in a position to provide the information requested at this time. However it is worth noting that all 198 indicators, including NI 35, will be measured in every relevant local authority.
Funding for preventing violent extremism to local authorities from 2008-09 onwards is based on need and is paid through the Area Based Grant (ABG). As with all other aspects of ABG, this funding is not conditional on inclusion of the relevant National Indicator as a priority indicator.
Home Department
Crimes of Violence
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes involving violence against a person were recorded in Kettering constituency in each of the last five years; [198858]
(2) how many crimes involving violence against a person were recorded in Corby constituency in each of the last five years. [198857]
Mr. Coaker: Statistics are not collected specifically on a constituency basis. The Home Office does publish statistics at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area level. The number of offences of violence against the person for each of the last five years by CDRP is available on the Home Office website at:
Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Ludlow constituency in each of the last five years; [199131]
(2) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Solihull and Stourbridge constituency in each of the last five years; [199132]
(3) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Hereford constituency in each of the last five years; [199133]
(4) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Brecon and Radnor constituency in each of the last five years. [199134]
Mr. Coaker: Statistics are not collected specifically on a constituency basis. The Home Office does publish statistics at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area level. The number of offences of violence against the person for each of the last five years by CDRP is available on the Home Office website at:
Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Elmet constituency in each of the last five years; [199320]
(2) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in South West Surrey constituency in each of the last five years; [199321]
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Suffolk Coastal constituency in each of the last five years; [199867]
(2) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Waveney constituency in each of the last five years; [199868]
(3) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Ipswich constituency in each of the last five years. [199869]
Mr. Coaker: Statistics are not collected specifically on a constituency basis. The Home Office does publish statistics at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area level. The number of offences of violence against the person for each of the last five years by CDRP is available on the Home Office website at:
Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
Christopher Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in North Norfolk constituency in each of the last five years; [199129]
(2) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Montgomeryshire constituency in each of the last five years. [199130]
Mr. Coaker: Statistics are not collected specifically on a constituency basis. The Home Office does publish statistics at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area level. The number of offences of violence against the person for each of the last five years by CDRP is available on the Home Office website at:
Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Banbury constituency in each of the last five years; [199127]
(2) how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Derby North constituency in each of the last five years. [199128]
Mr. Coaker:
Statistics are not collected specifically on a constituency basis. The Home Office does publish statistics at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area level. The number of offences of violence
against the person for each of the last five years by CDRP is available on the Home Office website at:
Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
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