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| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |||||
| Private enterprise | Social rent | Private enterprise | Social rent | Private enterprise | Social rent | Private enterprise | Social rent | |
| Notes: 1. The Thames Gateway comprises of parts of 16 local authorities. 2. Figures are as reported by the local authorities and the National House-Building Council. Where local authorities submitted no P2 returns for one or more quarters, no figure has been presented in the quarter or annual total as presenting NHBC information only would under-report the true level of house building completions in the local authority. 3. For social rent new build: The figures exclude acquisitions The figures are shown by the location LA, not by funding LA. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 because they can include imputation for missing returns. 2007-08 figures are not available, so have been estimated based on the trend in the registered Social Landlord new build completions between 2006-07 and 2007-08 (Castle Point, Southend-on Sea, Greenwich, Newham, Swale and Medway could not be estimated) Sources: Private enterprise: New build completions from P2 monthly and quarterly returns submitted by local authorities and the National House-Building Council to CLG. Social rent: Social Housing completion figures are Social Rent New Build figures from the Housing Corporation Investment Management System (IMS) and HSSA and P2 returns submitted to CLG by local authorities. | ||||||||
Local Government: Elections
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what targets the Government have set for voter turnout at local elections; and if she will make a statement. [243220]
John Healey: The Government have not set any targets for voter turnout at local elections.
Local Government: Norfolk
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects the Boundary Commission to report on the issue of unitary status for Norfolk and its councils. [243913]
John Healey: The Boundary Committee is due to provide advice by 13 February 2009. The deadline has recently been extended from 31 December 2008 to enable the Boundary Committee to fully comply with its duties to consult.
Multiple Occupation
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will instruct the Building Research Establishment to take evidence from hon. Members as part of its review into houses of multiple occupation. [241432]
Mr. Iain Wright: Hon. Members may provide evidence on houses in multiple occupation and the licensing regime to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) at the following email address:
breresearch@bre.co.uk
They may also send evidence to BRE Research (HMO and Selective Licensing), BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire WD25 9XX.
Responses must be received by 30 January.
Regional Planning and Development: Ebbsfleet
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment her Department has made of the progress that is being made towards achieving the target of creating 20,000 new jobs in the Ebbsfleet Valley. [242575]
Mr. Iain Wright: Ebbsfleet Valley will, in the main, be delivered through private sector investment and, in the short term, progress will largely be governed by what is possible for the private sector to achieve under current economic conditions. However, the Ebbsfleet Valley development has always been a long-term project and as the market improves we expect the overall targets to be achieved.
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to help achieve the target of creating 20,000 new jobs in the Ebbsfleet Valley; and if she will make a statement. [242576]
Mr. Iain Wright:
The Government are supporting the necessary infrastructure required to help private sector developers achieve their aspirations for Ebbsfleet. The Homes and Communities Agency is considering a contribution to the Homes and Roads project which will provide a series of transport initiatives to improve access and traffic flow to the area and fund public
transport improvements. My Department has also funded the Fastrack rapid transit system, which will link Ebbsfleet Valley with the wider Kent Thameside regeneration area. Ebbsfleet is already connected to the European High Speed rail network. Domestic high speed services from Ebbsfleet to St. Pancras start in 2009, increasing the attractiveness of the location for development, investment and employers.
Social Housing Grant
Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Homes and Communities Agency will announce its decisions on bids from registered social landlords and arm's length management organisations for social housing grant. [243401]
Mr. Iain Wright: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is continuing to operate the same systems for the Affordable Housing Programme as were in place for the Housing Corporation. Bids for the Affordable Housing Programme are being considered continuously without a fixed timetable or deadline, to facilitate as much flexibility as possible. The HCA will publish quarterly, on their website:
the allocations made as a result of approvals of these bids.
Supporting People Programme
Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Supporting People funding settlement and administration grant is for each London Borough in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. [243350]
Mr. Iain Wright: I refer the hon. Member to the indicative allocations of funding covering 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing on 6 December 2007, Official Report, column 81WS, and to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing on 4 February 2008, Official Report, column 47-48WS, confirming Supporting People final grant allocations for 2008-09. Tables showing the Supporting People allocations were placed in the House of Commons Library following these statements, and in these my hon. Friend will find the Supporting People grant allocations given to each local authority for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
The Supporting People programme funding allocations for 2008-09 and the indicative allocations for 2009-10 for each London borough are as follows:
| £ million | ||
| Allocation 2008-09 | Indicative allocation 2009-10 | |
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