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Green Belt: Planning Permission

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, on green belt: planning permission, what the (a) location, (b) local authority and (c) type of development was of each of the 15 planning applications that have been called in and then approved since 2002 which involve green belt development. [252795]

Mr. Iain Wright: The following table sets out the location, local authority and development type of each of the 15 planning applications that have been called in and approved since 1 April 2002 which involve green belt development. Since the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles), 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, there has been one further such application and details of this are also set out in the table.

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Site name	Date of decision	Location	Local authority	Type of development
Fast Eddies	23 December 2003	Walsall	Walsall	Residential
Arnold Town FC	16 March 2005	Nottingham	Nottingham	Leisure
Packmoor Club	8 November 2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Residential
WHS Halo	5 July 2006	Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham	Industrial
Ryarsh Park West	5 July 2006	West Malling	Tonbridge	Residential-led mixed use
St. John’s School	21 December 2006	Epping	Epping Forest	New school and residential
Storthes Hall Hospital	11 January 2007	Kirkburton	Kirklees	Retirement community
Woolley Hall	30 January 2007	Maidenhead	Windsor and Maidenhead	Residential and commercial
Germany Beck (2 applications)	9 May 2007	York	York	Residential-led mixed use
Field Lane	23 May 2007	Grimston	York	University campus
Croftlands Nursing Home	24 July 2007	Kirkburton	Kirklees	Extension to nursing home
Southend United FC (2 applications)	30 June 2008	Southend	Southend on Sea	Leisure, hotel and retail
Stoneswood House	6 February 2008	Oldham	Oldham	Care home
Since October 2008:
Bedfont Trading Estate	7 January 2009	London	Hounslow	Storage/warehousing

Home Responsibility Payment

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of the home responsibility payment. [251025]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I have been asked to reply.

Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP), introduced in 1978, is not a payment but a scheme to protect the future state pension entitlement of parents and other carers who are not in paid employment or who do not earn enough to gain a qualifying year for state pension through national insurance contributions. It works by taking away years of caring responsibilities from the number of qualifying years needed for a full basic state pension. Since 2002, it has also given entitlement to additional state pension in some circumstances.

Over 99 per cent. of people become eligible for Home Responsibilities Protection automatically through the award of child benefit for a child under 16. Most people who satisfy the conditions for receiving HRP as a carer for a disabled person also satisfy the conditions for carer's allowance as these are very similar. Since recipients of carer's allowance are credited with national insurance contributions, they do not normally need HRP.

There is publicity about HRP in a variety of leaflets concerning pensions and carers available in Jobcentre Plus offices, from the Pension, Disability and Carers Service and other outlets and on Government websites to alert the remaining carers to the need to make an application. Deficiency Notices issued by HMRC following the end of a tax year in which people have not gained a qualifying year for pension purposes also give advice about HRP and credits. There was an extensive national publicity campaign in early 2006 to make carers aware that they might need to apply for HRP in order to gain additional state pension.

The Pensions Act 2007 introduced a comprehensive package of reforms to help more carers build better pensions. These include the replacement of HRP with a system of weekly national insurance credits for parents and carers which will build up entitlement to basic and additional state pension and will extend pension protection to persons undertaking lower levels of caring. We are working to ensure that people are aware of the whole package of state pension reforms we will introduce from 2010. We want to reach all those who may be entitled to the new credits whether they have been in contact with the benefit system or not and will continue to work with interested parties to determine how best we deliver it.

Homes and Communities Agency

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the policy of the Homes and Communities Agency is on the circumstances in which it will use its powers to act as a local planning authority. [252180]

Mr. Iain Wright: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) currently only has delegated planning powers in relation to development control in the Milton Keynes Urban Development Area (UDA). These powers were inherited from English Partnerships and were originally granted in order to provide a coordinated approach to the planning and delivery of growth and investment in the Milton Keynes UDA.

Housing Revenue Accounts

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the expected (a) level of Housing Revenue Account Subsidy and ( b) number of households in social housing is in each local authority area in England for (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10. [253237]

Mr. Iain Wright: The following table gives figures for the level of Housing Revenue Account Subsidy for each local authority in England in 2008-09.

Subsidy figures for 2009-10 are not available at present as we are still to receive 2009-10 claim forms from local authorities.

We do not collect information by household for social housing in local authority areas for Housing Revenue Account Subsidy purposes. The table includes the number of dwellings for each local authority on 1 April 2007.

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2008-09
Local authority	HRA Subsidy (£)	Number of dwellings
Adur	-2,390,216	2,718
Alnwick	-372,444	1,771
Arun	-3,465,115	3,471
Ashfield	1,971,555	7,134
Ashford	-3,267,783	5,302
Babergh	-4,527,320	3,568
Barking	-17,237,264	19,678
Barnet	-11,924,485	11,117
Barnsley	6,664,561	19,839
Barrow	-35,062	2,781
Basildon	-3,083,030	11,581
Bassetlaw	-3,013,736	7,004
Berwick	-1,441,759	1,933
Birmingham	-10,507,747	66,911
Blaby	-2,159,692	2,218
Blackpool	625,394	5,433
Blyth Valley	2,648,088	6,813
Bolsover	-4,758,038	5,462
Bolton	7,116,245	18,450
Bournemouth	-3,135,812	5,166
Bracknell	-6,683	5,800
Braintree	1,213,653	8,181
Brent	15,908,981	9,610
Brentwood	-3,548,489	2,560
Bridgnorth	-3,072,564	2,377
Brighton & Hove	-2,467,100	12,385
Bristol	-5,462,387	28,679
Broxtowe	-3,223,748	4,642
Bury	-4,470,173	8,383
Cambridge	-11,762,891	7,568
Camden	29,441,936	24,414
Cannock Chase	-3,152,459	5,658
Canterbury	-5,100,622	5,308
Caradon	-3,056,028	3,561
Carrick	-805,343	3,719
Castle Morpeth	964,529	2,306
Castle Point	-2,005,118	1,553
Charnwood	-3,359,625	5,888
Cheltenham	-1,729,195	4,687
Chester-le-St	0	4,331
Chesterfield	-5,501,436	9,917
City of London	742,067	1,889
City of York	-5,306,660	8,059
Colchester	-2,250,235	6,358
Corby	-3,080,050	4,904
Crawley	-13,877,873	8,290
Croydon	-16,078,194	14,106
Dacorum	-18,103,721	10,658
Darlington	-565,271	5,519
Dartford	-5,072,900	4,377
Daventry	-1,488	3,125
Derby	1,692,170	13,792
Doncaster	1,612,445	21,219
Dover	-5,230,192	4,667
Dudley	-17,155,310	23,570
Durham	-1,890,745	6,208
Ealing	5,178,264	13,816
Easington	1,775,941	8,790
East Devon	-5,358,394	4,302
East Riding	-9,363,243	11,073
Eastbourne	720,416	3,804
Ellesmere Port	-4,547,005	5,711
Enfield	-8,278,110	11,880
Epping Forest	-10,842,203	6,619
Exeter	-4,415,766	5,088
Fareham	-2,201,593	2,423
Fenland	42,292	3,779
Gateshead	4,935,249	21,805
Gedling	-1,411,193	3,439
Gloucester	-1,536,163	4,566
Gosport	-3,177,976	3,259
Gravesham	-5,959,387	6,023
Great Yarmouth	-2,703,376	6,173
Greenwich	8,802,275	24,720
Guildford	-10,337,775	5,414
Hackney	48,397,019	23,871
Hammersmith	12,979,642	13,229
Harborough	38,260	2,120
Haringey	16,634,705	16,608
Harlow	-12,373,746	9,998
Harrogate	-2,429,849	3,936
Harrow	-6,414,313	5,073
Havering	-11,456,438	10,879
High Peak	-1,912,780	4,135
Hillingdon	-10,461,727	10,752
Hinckley	-3,438,092	3,413
Hounslow	1,411,227	13,579
Ipswich	-6,133,576	8,285
Islington	58,369,138	26,666
Kensington	4,333,212	6,944
Kettering	-3,106,606	3,853
Kingston upon Hull	1,923,610	28,126
Kingston upon Thames	-6,608,682	4,870
Kirklees	8,481,553	23,746
Lambeth	11,465,899	27,226
Lancaster	-1,344,808	3,846
Leeds	30,012,444	60,063
Leicester	477,548	22,664
Lewes	-2,922,231	3,286
Lewisham	21,861,427	25,662
Lincoln	-555,651	8,013
Liverpool	240,586	16,006
Luton	-5,702,451	8,303
Manchester	34,659,290	35,039
Mansfield	-1,014,170	6,846
Medway Towns	-1,429,757	3,088
Melton	-1,514,775	1,916
Merton	-8,921,220	6,528
Mid Devon	-3,306,057	3,120
Mid Suffolk	-3,490,455	3,493
Milton Keynes	-10,183,856	12,673
Mole Valley	-10,956	3,522
NE Derbyshire	-6,748,105	8,263
New Forest	-7,954,267	5,044
Newark	-2,279,765	5,462
Newcastle upon Tyne	20,203,251	30,533
Newham	28,014,170	18,652
North Cornwall	-2,521,276	3,393
North Kesteven	-2,559,203	3,841
North Shropshire	22,452	2,309
North Tyneside	-1,369,553	15,921
North Warwick	-3,457,390	2,807
Northampton	-9,060,142	12,342
Norwich	-6,067,070	15,928
Nottingham	3,735,057	29,585
Nuneaton	-3,875,867	6,102
NW Leicester	-4,401,897	4,517
Oadby and Wigston	-928,743	1,269
Oldham	17,693,722	14,336
Oswestry	-1,537,911	1,930
Oxford City	-10,612,055	7,955
Plymouth	-1,873,599	15,317
Poole	-3,397,874	4,648
Portsmouth	-4,581,033	15,339
Reading	-4,593,762	7,427
Redbridge	-4,526,858	4,718
Redditch	-5,834,619	6,114
Ribble Valley	38,150	1,176
Richmondshire	-973,632	1,632
Rochdale	10,147,779	14,256
Rochford	-7,397	1,716
Rotherham	-2,088,888	21,322
Rugby	-3,378,087	3,906
Runnymede	-5,957,731	3,074
Rutland	-1,359,689	1,244
Salford	8,050,206	25,542
Salisbury	-7,510,880	5,406
Sandwell	-172,317	30,843
Sedgefield	-3,274,926	8,647
Sedgemoor	-3,565,993	4,171
Selby	-2,686,071	3,189
Sheffield	35,711,125	44,830
Shepway	-2,306,890	3,457
Slough	-7,803,505	6,640
Solihull	-4,401,892	10,860
South Beds	-8,563,089	5,295
South Cambridge	-11,854,192	5,643
South Derby	-2,834,642	3,128
South Holland	-3,672,405	3,930
South Kesteven	-5,602,083	6,316
South Lakeland	-3,386,251	3,216
South Norfolk	108,402	0
South Northants	-16,636	2,900
South Tyneside	-2,731,197	18,598
Southampton	-5,074,600	17,312
Southend-on-Sea	-2,699,904	6,227
Southwark	33,457,178	41,026
St. Albans	-9,699,568	5,319
Stevenage	-13,668,795	8,384
Stockport	-1,138,130	11,634
Stockton	1,861,054	10,977
Stoke-on-Trent	-5,421,108	19,740
Stroud	-5,886,100	5,255
Sutton	-9,796,217	7,281
Swindon	-9,354,996	10,631
Tamworth	-1,636,668	4,614
Tandridge	-3,675,633	2,693
Taunton Deane	-5,878,374	6,131
Tendring	-1,712,353	3,267
Thanet	-70,582	3,144
Three Rivers	-7,563	3,788
Thurrock	-8,840,184	10,369
Tower Hamlets	21,331,376	15,702
Uttlesford	-5,155,142	2,887
Waltham Forest	1,997,233	10,630
Wandsworth	-15,025,285	17,278
Wansbeck	16,693	5,431
Warrington	-5,300,899	8,903
Warwick	-6,692,644	5,645
Watford	36,964	4,859
Waveney	-3,582,717	4,672
Waverley	-10,027,624	4,998
Wealden	-2,286,718	3,173
Wellingborough	37,537	4,633
Welwyn Hatfield	-16,366,366	9,413
West Lancashire	-4,584,661	6,444
Westminster	6,933,085	12,333
Wigan	684,501	23,093
Winchester	-8,281,069	5,121
Woking	-5,308,543	3,495
Wokingham	-4,853,627	2,781
Wolverhampton	-6,152,026	24,025
Wycombe	-11,318,958	6,212
Note: A negative figure shows that the local authority would make a payment to the Exchequer and positive figures show the local authority would receive subsidy payments.

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