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Margaret Beckett: The predecessor bodies for the Homes and Communities Agency were English Partnerships, the investment arm of the Housing Corporation, and the Academy for Sustainable Communities. A range of departmental programmes also transferred to the agency from Communities and Local Government.
The agreed administration budget for the Homes and Communities Agency, English Partnerships and the Academy for Sustainable Communities at the start of each financial year from 2005-06 onwards is shown in the table.
| £ million | |||
| English Partnerships | Homes and Communities Agency( 1) | Academy for Sustainable Communities( 2) | |
| (1) The Homes and Communities Agency was established on 1 December 2008 and the figure for 2008-09 is provided on merger accounting principles, ie as if the HCA existed from the start of the financial year. (2) The Academy for Sustainable Communities was established during 2005 and figures are not available for this year. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest million | |||
It is not possible to disaggregate the administration budget for the investment arm of the Housing Corporation without incurring disproportionate costs.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by the (a) Tenant Services Authority and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor bodies on information technology projects in each of the last five years; and how many such projects cost in excess of £1 million. [270607]
Margaret Beckett: The predecessor bodies for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) were English Partnerships, the investment arm of the Housing Corporation, and the Academy for Sustainable Communities. A range of departmental programmes also transferred to the agency from Communities and Local Government.
A table showing information technology (IT) projects expenditure in each of the last five years for the Tenants Services Authority (TSA), the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor bodies is as follows;
During the period 2006-07 to 2007-08 a total of £1.170 million (included in the above figures for the Housing Corporation) was spent on a project to deliver a programme management information system for the capital investment programme (grant regime for registered social landlords (RSLs).
During the period 2007-08 and 2008-09 a total of £2.269 million (included in the above figures for the Housing Corporation and Tenant Services Authority) was spent on a project to provide the hosting of the Housing Corporation’s IT infrastructure for a contract period of up to five years. This was the set up costs which included servers, PCs, a disaster recovery facility, transition from the old provider and project management. The annual cost of hosting this is £1.9 million per annum from January 2008.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary value of ex-gratia payments made to the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor bodies was in each of the last five years. [270608]
Margaret Beckett: The predecessor bodies for the Homes and Communities Agency were English Partnerships, the investment arm of the Housing Corporation, and the Academy for Sustainable Communities. A range of departmental programmes also transferred to the agency from Communities and Local Government.
No ex-gratia payments have been made to the HCA and its predecessor bodies in the last five years.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost of each (a) study and (b) review commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessors was in each of the last five years. [272508]
Margaret Beckett: The Homes and Communities Agency does not hold information in these distinct categories, nor did its predecessor bodies. The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Housing: Low Incomes
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 3 March 2009, Official Report, column 1540W, on the Homebuy scheme, how many homes have been purchased in each Government Office region under (a) the Social Homebuy scheme and (b) Homebuy schemes other than Social, Open Market or New Build Homebuy in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2009 to date. [269883]
Margaret Beckett: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 218W.
The following table shows provisional figures for Social HomeBuy completions through the Homes and Communities Agency's Affordable Housing Programme by region for 2008-09.
| 2008-09 | |
| (1) London figure includes six sales in local authority sector. Sales figures by registered social landlords (RSLs) are from the Homes and Communities Agency. | |
Although a few HomeBuy Direct sales are known to have been fully completed, official figures are not yet available. However, approximately 18,000 HomeBuy Direct properties were selected by the Homes and Communities Agency and over 32,000 potential buyers have registered their interest in the scheme.
Provisional figures show that there were around 1,100 completions under the Rent to HomeBuy scheme under which homes may be rented at a subsidised rent for a specified period with the opportunity for tenants to buy a share later. This is a new scheme and which began in 2008-09.
Detailed data on scheme completions are compiled and analysed on a monthly basis. Figures for April 2009 will be available later in May.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Social Homebuy sales there were in each region in 2008-09; and what estimate has been made of the number of sales which will take place in 2009-10. [270690]
Margaret Beckett: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave today to the hon. Member for Meriden to question 269883.
No estimate has been made for number of sales in 2009-10 as Social HomeBuy is a voluntary and demand led programme. Sales depend on the number of landlords who choose to offer their tenants the opportunity of home ownership through the scheme and take up by tenants. Social HomeBuy is one of a number of home ownership options made available to social tenants.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the average equity stake initially purchased by a homebuyer through the (a) Open Market HomeBuy Scheme, (b) HomeBuy Direct Scheme and (c) MyChoice HomeBuy Scheme has been to date; [272350]
(2) how much initial equity on average homebuyers participating in the (a) Social Homebuy, (b) Own Home, (c) Rent to HomeBuy and (d) First-time Buyers scheme have purchased to date; [272364]
Margaret Beckett: The following table shows the average initial equity purchased by households participating in the Government's low cost home ownership programme by scheme.
| £ | |
There have been no sales yet under the Rent to HomeBuy scheme which enables potential purchasers to rent a home for up to five years before buying a share.
To the end of March 2009 there were no fully completed sales registered under HomeBuy Direct.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many completed transactions there have been under the HomeBuy Direct scheme to date. [272423]
Margaret Beckett: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1119W.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applicants have registered with HomeBuy providers in each of the last 12 months. [272579]
Margaret Beckett: This information is not held centrally.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been purchased under (a) OwnHome, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) HomeBuy Direct, (d) Rent to HomeBuy, (e) Social HomeBuy, (f) the First-Time Buyers Initiative, (g) Open Market HomeBuy and (h) MyChoice HomeBuy in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [272758]
Margaret Beckett: The data available on purchases of HomeBuy products in each of the last three years is given in the following table.
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
The 6,123 Open Market HomeBuy purchases in 2008-09 include the 799 through Ownhome and 3,123 through My Choice HomeBuy shown separately in the table.
For New Build HomeBuy the table shows completions.
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