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Communities and Local Government
Business Improvement Districts
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, columns 726-30W, on business improvement districts, when each business improvement district (BID) was first approved; how many times each BID has been re-approved; what the result of each ballot held on BID approval has been; for what purposes each BID was established; how much revenue each BID has generated since its establishment; and if she will make a statement. [266505]
John Healey: The following BIDs have been re-approved for a second term:
Reading
Bristol
Paddington
Liverpool
Coventry City Centre
New West End Company
Heart of London
Government do not hold the other information requested.
The National BIDs Advisory Service provided by the Association for Town Centre Management publishes BID ballot results which are available at:
Coastal Areas
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's definition of a principal seaside town is; and whether this category is sub-divided. [266822]
Mr. Khan: The definition of a principal seaside town is provided within “England’s Seaside Towns: A ‘benchmarking’ study”, which was commissioned by CLG and published in November 2008. Although the Department uses the definition of the 37 principal seaside towns for analytical purposes, it is not restricted to using this definition for either analytical or policy purposes.
These seaside towns are accurately defined at ward level, generally by their built-up area, which have also been accurately matched to lower super output areas (LSOAs) and have a population of at least 10,000. No sub-divisions of this definition are employed.
Community Relations
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Prevent strand of Project Contest, in which boroughs the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum is operating; how much each borough implementing the forum project was allocated in 2007-08; what the budget is for the project for 2008-09; and what mechanisms are in place to assess whether the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum is effective in preventing radicalisation amongst Somali youths. [263170]
Mr. Coaker: I have been asked to reply.
The Home Office has made a grant of £57,511 available to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in 2008-09 to support the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum project as part of the Prevent strategy.
The Metropolitan Police Service is working with the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum so that it will have a representative from 16 London boroughs: Barnet, Bromley, Camden, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth.
The Home Office is monitoring progress under the terms of the grant agreement with the MPS.
Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has plans to rename the Preventing Violent Extremism programme. [267682]
Mr. Khan: There are no plans to rename the Preventing Violent Extremism Programme. We are in constant dialogue with communities on how this programme is developed and taken forward.
Community Relations: Finance
Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget for Preventing Violent Extremism projects is for 2009-10. [267487]
Mr. Khan: The Department has allocated £27.5 million on Prevent-related projects in the financial year 2009-10. In addition, other Government Departments will be supporting projects in this area, principally the Home Office which plans to spend £34 million in 2009-10.
Council Housing: Cambridgeshire
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the level of Housing Revenue Account subsidy in (a) East Cambridgeshire District Council area and (b) South Cambridgeshire District Council area is; and how many households in social housing there are in each of those areas. [265656]
Mr. Iain Wright: East Cambridgeshire district council’s housing stock was subject to a large scale voluntary transfer to a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) on 31 March 1993. They do not therefore operate a housing revenue account. It is currently estimated that South Cambridgeshire need to make negative housing revenue account subsidy payments of £11,851,560 for 2008-09.
Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the number of households in social housing, but the level of social housing stock in each council’s area is shown in the following table:
| Social housing stock as at 1 April 2008 | ||
| Council h ousing | RSL h ousing | |
Council Housing: Waiting Lists
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people are on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex; and what the equivalent figures were (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago. [267210]
Mr. Iain Wright: Local authorities in England report the numbers of households on their housing waiting list as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns. Information on local authority housing waiting lists is collected in respect of households rather than individuals. The number of households on the local authority housing waiting lists in all local authorities including Eastbourne and East Sussex is given in the following table:
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