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Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund will distribute in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, broken down by (i) community capacity building, (ii) supporting young people, (iii) supporting women, (iv) building the capacity of faith leaders and (v) supporting local forums against Islamophobia. [245510]
Mr. Khan: So far, the following amounts have been allocated through the first round of the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund for 2008-09 to 2010-11:
| £ | |||
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | |
Radical Middleway
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Radical Middleway expects to announce the next phase of its programme; how many locations Radical Middleway plans to visit in 2008-09; and what funding will be allocated to the programme in the three years from 2008-09. [245543]
Mr. Khan:
The Radical Middle Way programme of events for 2008-09 began in October 2008 and will continue into April 2009. All events are announced
online at the Radical Middle Way website, which has a comprehensive archive of past events.
The Radical Middle Way organise tours across numerous cities and towns across the UK. They have already visited Hounslow, West London, Central London, Nottingham, Sheffield, Cambridge, Peterborough, Birmingham, Luton, Crawley and in the summer of 2008 High Wycombe. We are currently aware of events that are planned on being held in London, Derby, Milton Keynes, Blackburn, Greater Manchester, Bristol, High Wycombe, Slough, Stoke on Trent, Plymouth and other cities and towns across the North which have yet to be determined.
No decision has yet been made in respect of funding the Radical Middle Way in the years following from 2008-09.
Regional Government
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department’s policy on earned autonomy is. [246050]
Mr. Khan: Through comprehensive performance assessment, higher performing authorities are able to earn additional freedoms from Government. New local performance arrangements, through the national indicator set, local area agreements and a targeted assessment regime take this policy forward.
Rent A Room Scheme
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of effects of the rent-a-room scheme in providing accommodation for people who have lost their homes; and if she will make a statement. [245276]
Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply.
There are no data available on the number of persons who have lost their homes who are benefiting from accommodation provided as a result of rent-a-room relief.
Rented Housing
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's latest estimate is of the number of families for each London borough housed in (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenancies allocated by local authorities; and what the equivalent figures were for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [246951]
Mr. Iain Wright: Local authorities in England report information for numbers of local authority owned (council) dwellings as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns.
Information for the number of dwellings owned by housing associations has been collected by the Tenants Service Authority (formerly the Housing Corporation), via their annual Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR).
Table 1 provides estimates for numbers of local authority owned dwellings in each London borough for 2007. Figures for 2008 are not yet available, but will be released on 22nd January 2009.
| Table 1: Local authority stock by London district (at 1 April) | |
| Local authority | 2007 |
This information is also published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 116 at:
Table 2 provides estimates for numbers of housing association owned dwellings in each London borough for 2007 and 2008.
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