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28,904 new dwellings per year until 2026
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements there are on local authorities to complete strategic housing land availability assessments; and what the timetable for their completion is in each Government Office region. [262665]
Mr. Iain Wright: Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3) says that Local Development Documents and Regional Spatial Strategies should be informed by a robust, shared evidence base including a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The table has been deposited in the Library showing the latest information we have on when local authorities completed or expect to complete their SHLAA. This information was provided by local authorities in April 2008 to inform payments of the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant. The South East, South West and North West regions updated their information in February 2009. We will be updating all our information on the completion of SHLAAs within the next few months to inform the next round of the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant.
Affordable Housing
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding her Department has allocated for affordable housing in West Lancashire constituency in the next three years. [261971]
Mr. Iain Wright: The Homes and Communities Agency has made allocations in the 2008-11 affordable housing programme of £3.016 million in West Lancashire. In addition £0.618 million has been allocated for Homebuy Direct.
Land: Databases
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which public bodies will have access to (a) Ordnance Survey, (b) Landmark and (c) Dotted Eyes geographic data under the Pan-Government Agreement. [262690]
Mr. Khan: All members of the Pan-Government Agreement for geographic data will have access to products provided by both Ordnance Survey and the Landmark-Dotted Eyes consortium from 1 April 2009.
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Advantage West Midlands
Amgueddfa Cymru—National Museum Wales
Arts Council of Wales
Audit Commission
Boundary Commission for Wales
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Potato Council Ltd.
British Waterways
Cabinet Office
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
Charity Commission
Church Commissioners
Coal Authority (The)
Commission for Rural Communities
Communities and Local Government
Consumer Council for Water
Consumer Focus
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
Crown Estate (The)
Defence Estates (DE)
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR)
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Department for Transport (DfT)
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Department of Health (DH)
East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
East Midlands Regional Assembly
East of England Development Agency
East of England Regional Assembly
Electoral Commission (The)
English Heritage
Homes and Communities Agency
Environment Agency (EA)
Food Standards Agency (The)
Forensic Intelligence Bureau
Forestry Commission
Government Offices Regional Coordination Unit (RCU)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Health Protection Agency
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Highways Agency
Home Office
House of Commons Library
Information Centre for Health and Social Care
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Land Registry
Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Met Office
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
National Assembly for Wales Parliamentary Service
National Audit Office
National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)
Natural England
NHS Connecting for Health
NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service
North East Regional Assembly
North West Regional Development Agency
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Office of Communications (Ofcom)
Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
Oil and Pipelines Agency
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
One North East
Planning Portal
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
Royal Parks (The)
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
South East England Regional Assembly
South West Observatory
South West Regional Assembly
South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
Sport England
Sports Council for Wales
Tenant Services Authority
The National Library of Wales
Training and Development Agency for Schools
Tribunals Service
UK Border Agency
Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
Wales Audit Office
Wales Centre for Health (WCfH)
Welsh Assembly Government
Welsh Health Estates
West Midlands Regional Assembly
Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
Yorkshire Forward
Legal Opinion
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 641W, on legal opinion, on what topics external legal advice was commissioned in 2007-08. [262588]
Mr. Khan: External legal advice has been commissioned on the following topics;
Fire Control Project
Housing Mobility Project
General Minor Legal Expenses
Geographic Data Licensing Project
Firelink Project
Commission for Equality and Human Rights Setup Project
Fire Research Project
It Services Outsourcing Project
Planning Portal Project
Housing Information Pack Register Project
Land Registry Fees
Gypsy and Traveller Sites Grant Project
Green Flag Project
A detailed breakdown of this list could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
Licensed Premises: Planning Permission
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the recent Planning Inspectorate ruling in relation to Brighton and Hove Council and patio heaters outside licensed premises. [262664]
Mr. Iain Wright: A copy of the Inspector’s decision has been placed in the Library. It is also publicly available through the Planning Portal website:
Local Government
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts provided for the Strategy Unit seminar of 26 January 2009 by the chairman of the Tenant Services Authority on the subject “Where next for local government?” [262102]
Mr. Iain Wright: The Strategy Unit seminar “Where next for local government?” is being rescheduled and new dates are yet to be confirmed. As the event is yet to be scheduled, the TSA have not prepared any materials for circulation. Further information about the Strategy Unit and their programme of seminars can be found on the Strategy Unit website at:
Local Government Finance
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to publish the consultation document on local spending reports under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. [262093]
John Healey: The consultation document on local spending reports was published on 20 February 2009. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued on the interest rate to be used when local authorities repay overpaid (a) fees, (b) charges and (c) taxes. [262517]
John Healey: The basis for repayments of amounts overpaid in relation to fees and charges and to council tax is not set out in guidance issued by the Department.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have met the Government's target to pay invoices within 10 days. [262659]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight) on 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 242W.
Local Government: Bank Services
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will seek information from local authorities on advice they received from Butlers in relation to the depositing of funds in Icelandic banks. [261631]
John Healey: Decisions on investment policy are a matter for individual authorities who must have regard to investment guidance issued by my Department.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood (Mr. Pickles) and Ongar of 17 October 2008, Official Report, column 1577W, on local government: bank services, what information (a) her Department and (b) the Audit Commission received from (i) the Financial Services Authority, (ii) the Bank of England and (iii) HM Treasury on the level of risk associated with investment in Icelandic banks before October 2008. [261989]
John Healey: On part (a), my Department did not receive, nor would we expect to have received, information from any source on the Icelandic banks. As the Department’s investment guidance, published in 2004, makes very clear investment decisions are a matter for the local authorities concerned,
On part (b) the Audit Commission has confirmed that it did not receive, nor would expect to receive, information from the sources named in the question regarding investments in Icelandic banks.
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