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:
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 Englands 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.
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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 councils 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 councils area is shown in the following table:
30 Mar 2009 : Column 962W
Social housing stock as at 1 April 2008
Council h ousing
RSL h ousing
East Cambridgeshire
4,959
South Cambridgeshire
5,542
2,250
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:
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
South East
111,425
115,901
129,924
129,234
146,880
168,725
181,196
195,700
208,419
203,161
Bracknell Forest UA
1,308
1,302
1,331
1,413
1,604
2,812
3,019
4,076
4,067
4,122
Brighton and Hove UA
3,610
3,168
3,304
3,274
4,307
7,500
8,056
8,056
10,667
9,046
Isle of Wight UA
1,122
1,475
1,451
1,609
2,403
2,865
3,967
3,508
4,955
4,388
Medway UA
3,708
4.570
7,624
3,462
7,452
8,039
6,544
11,870
8,338
7,885
Milton Keynes UA
2,835
1,733
3,173
2,482
3,490
2,951
4,180
3,534
3,973
0
Portsmouth UA
4,759
4,389
4,838
4,810
5,525
8,960
7,965
6,661
6,751
4,562
Reading UA
3,343
3,827
4,348
3,160
3,231
3,428
4,330
5,162
5,242
4,504
Slough UA
1,739
1,931
2,225
2,097
1,945
2,437
3,190
3,759
3,909
3.780
Southampton UA
3,699
4,522
5,148
5,811
6,697
8,128
9,225
11,126
10,117
11,662
West Berkshire UA
887
781
1,014
1,008
1,640
1,820
2,242
2,785
2,893
4,259
Windsor and Maidenhead UA
2,419
2,363
2,375
2,301
2,357
2,418
2,353
1,690
1,674
1,922
Wokingham UA
1,359
1,497
1,851
2,564
2,372
2,457
2,116
2,294
2,699
3,036
Buckinghamshire
3,568
3,523
3,751
4,153
4,783
5,494
5,774
7,299
8,084
7,830
Aylesbury Vale
841
785
842
965
1,165
1,394
1,804
2,191
2,545
2,899
Chiltern
667
631
698
763
1,034
1,182
967
1,125
1,207
1,130
South Bucks
1,064
1,030
1,115
1,102
1,120
1,161
917
1,641
1,787
1,701
Wycombe
996
1,077
1,096
1,323
1,464
1,757
2,086
2,342
2,545
2,100
East Sussex
6,096
6,777
7,711
7,100
9,044
10,026
10,497
10,969
12,416
11,068
Eastbourne
1,753
2,184
2,596
2,041
2,806
3,000
3,354
4.481
5,225
3,404
Hastings
1,490
1,763
1,921
1,734
1,866
1,482
1,575
1,296
2,175
1,730
Lewes
818
818
872
809
927
1,203
1,312
1,485
2,041
2,207
Rother
1,176
1,138
1,383
1,539
1,825
2,387
2,037
1,398
1,362
1,542
Wealden
859
874
939
977
1,620
1,954
2,219
2.309
1,613
2.1B5
Hampshire
19,127
22,070
22,634
24,071
24,558
28,635
30,357
32,361
39,846
37,905
Basingstoke and Deane
4,245
4,046
4,652
4,281
4,497
4,761
4,937
5,083
5,543
5,633
East Hampshire
1,828
2,403
1,789
1,890
2,238
2,115
2,229
2.890
2,763
2,153
Eastleigh
1,200
1,361
1,481
1,623
3,424
4,446
4,515
5,014
5,528
5,604
Fareham
929
1,184
1,152
1,146
1,625
2,353
735
1,448
1,158
1,717
Gosport
1,167
1,130
1,204
1,375
1,412
1,668
1,833
2,013
2,597
3,076
Hart
588
645
816
923
970
1,074
1,163
1,344
1,267
1,882
Havant
2,714
3,264
3,735
3,138
2,349
2,480
2,256
2,202
4,198
4,232
New Forest
1,383
1,672
1,615
2,686
2.428
3,339
3,891
4,241
4,969
5,228
Rushmoor
2,221
3,616
3,514
4,101
2,189
3,264
4,151
3,634
5,693
3,102
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Test Valley
1,723
1,611
1,440
1,645
2,189
2,092
2,698
2,885
3,925
3,048
Winchester
1,129
1,138
1,236
1,263
1,237
1,043
1,949
1,607
2,205
2,230
Kent
19,738
20,385
21,042
23,257
24,875
26,502
29,833
30,706
28,543
30,523
Ashford
2,201
2,151
1,691
1,438
2,077
2,665
2,482
1,174
1,508
1,762
Canterbury
1,920
2,164
2,185
2,738
2,484
2,814
3,330
3,039
3,398
3,758
Dartford
1,575
1,557
1,794
2,042
1,997
2,582
2,652
3,728
3,502
3,225
Dover
2,231
2,186
1,998
1,895
1,808
1,850
2,229
2,534
2,869
3,033
Gravesham
1,847
906
1,173
1,291
1,439
2,085
1,977
2,141
1,479
1,610
Maidstone
959
926
1,756
1,512
2,173
1,254
2,562
1,764
2,079
2,290
Sevenoaks
1,444
1,377
1,534
1.475
1,613
1,736
2,160
2,625
1,132
916
Shepway
2,595
2,759
2,144
3,027
2,539
1,886
2,311
2,652
2,213
2,118
Swale
2,106
2,461
2,215
2,070
2,545
3,328
3,805
4,311
3,352
4,432
Thanet
1,528
1,997
2,356
3,444
3,659
3,242
3,419
3,394
3,757
3,255
Tonbridge and Malling
658
920
1,168
1,330
1,460
1,913
1,727
1,897
1,858
2,350
Tunbridge Wells
674
981
1,028
995
1,081
1,147
1,179
1,447
1,396
1,774
Oxfordshire
10,381
10,520
11,824
12,539
14,256
14,821
14,163
14,550
14,433
13,926
Cherwell
2,422
2,520
2,676
2,560
3,023
2,450
3,767
3,436
3,415
3,072
Oxford
3,099
3.121
3,378
3,217
3,572
3,991
3,525
3,816
3.965
3,313
South Oxfordshire
1,488
1,836
2,244
2,354
2,270
2,169
2,043
2,253
1,719
1,770
Vale of White Horse
1,919
1,802
2,292
2,698
3,313
3,717
1,981
2,817
3,185
3,640
West Oxfordshire
1,453
1,241
1,234
1,710
2,078
2,494
2,847
2,228
2,149
2,131
Surrey
13,774
12,775
13,635
13,797
15,577
16,867
19,080
19,591
23,337
25,517
Elmbridge
1,976
1,317
1,839
1,704
1,901
1,894
2,054
2.206
2,242
2,086
Epsom and Ewell
537
526
427
462
525
659
382
677
962
1,165
Guildford
1,603
1,802
1,806
1,698
1,902
2,100
2,247
2,455
2,802
2,898
Mole Valley
1,177
1,080
1,211
1,372
1,620
1,357
1,318
1,805
1,933
2,373
Reigate and Banstead
1,155
1,164
1,136
1,062
1,173
1,391
1,751
2,073
2,563
2,540
Runnymede
694
725
427
383
945
1,582
1,715
851
1,493
1,984
Spelthorne
2,284
2,538
2,571
2,681
2,767
2,865
3,314
2,983
3,552
4,494
Surrey Heath
436
525
529
528
536
681
1,174
1,512
1,583
1,757
Tandridge
1,077
806
816
825
836
1,122
1,272
1,107
1,220
1,350
Waverley
1,288
1,066
1,201
1,269
1,389
1,569
1,680
1,719
1,743
2,267
Woking
1,547
1,226
1,672
1,813
1,983
1,647
2,173
2,203
3,244
2,603
West Sussex
7,953
8,293
10,645
10,326
10,764
12,565
14,305
15,703
16,475
17,226
Adur
1,162
853
1,060
873
1,262
1,551
1,888
1,711
1,520
1,548
Arun
689
834
852
933
905
1,385
2,309
2,389
3,882
3,318
Chichester
2,148
2,106
2,187
2,220
2,167
2,280
2,126
2,762
2,678
3,779
Crawley
465
633
2,046
1,755
1,930
2,250
2,208
2,562
2,445
2,599
Horsham
710
908
1,154
1,262
1,450
1,424
1,437
1,504
1,413
1,204
Mid Sussex
1.418
1,494
1,407
1,468
1,476
2,027
2,121
2,113
2,176
2,313
Worthing
1,361
1.465
1,939
1,815
1,574
1,648
2,216
2,662
2,361
2,465
Note: As reported by local authorities. As at 1st April. Source: Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) return.