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The final report is expected to be published in the autumn and the Government will provide a full response to this.

Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on the effect on low-income households of water metering. [284334]

Huw Irranca-Davies: Ministers have regular meetings with the Consumer Council for Water, which represents the interests of water customers. These include discussions around metering and affordability.

The independent Walker Review of charging for household water and sewerage services received 78 responses to its call for evidence and held five stakeholder workshops. These included representations on metering and affordability.

Women and Equality

Council Housing Waiting Lists

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the proposed duty of local authorities to tackle socio-economic disadvantage on their ability to give priority to housing applications from people who live in the area. [284092]

Michael Jabez Foster: The ability to attach priority to local connection will continue to be an important tool as local authorities use allocation policies to address socio-economic disadvantage.

Staff Survey

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer to Lord Ouseley of 18 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA252, on Equality and Human Rights Commission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the results of the Commission's staff survey. [283973]

Michael Jabez Foster: A copy of the Equality and Human Rights Commission staff survey results has been placed in the Library of the House on their behalf.

Cabinet Office

Charities: Essex

Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much funding has been allocated under the CapacityBuilders programme to charitable organisations active in each constituency in Essex in the last 12 months. [283893]

Angela E. Smith: Capacitybuilders funding by constituency in Essex is as follows: Braintree: £325,037; Saffron Walden: £88,025; Rochford and Southend, East: £310,992; West Chelmsford: £125,880; Harwich: £3,000; Harlow: £2,000; Brentwood and Ongar: £2,000; Thurrock: £1,000. Please note that most funded projects will be providing benefit to a number of constituency areas. The variation in awards is due to the different types of
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funding programmes provided by Capacitybuilders. All allocations are subject to satisfactory verification of recipients’ details. More information on the split between constituencies by grant programme is available as follows.

Programme Constituency Allocation (£)

Consortium Development Grant

Braintree

194,000

Improving Reach Grant

Saffron Walden

41,025

Improving Reach Grant

Rochford and Southend, East

308,992

Consortium Modernisation Grant

Braintree

64,607

Consortium Modernisation Grant

Braintree

62,430

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Braintree

4,000

Social Enterprise Programme

West Chelmsford

118,880

Regional Network Fund

Saffron Walden

45,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Rochford and Southend, East

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Harwich

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Harlow

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Harwich

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Brentwood and Ongar

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Rochford and Southend, East

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Brentwood and Ongar

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation fund

Saffron Walden

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Saffron Walden

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation fund

Harlow

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Thurrock

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

Harwich

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000

Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund

West Chelmsford

1,000


Intelligence Services: Information and Communications Technology

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office who the project director of the SCOPE programme is; and if she will make a statement. [278986]

Angela E. Smith: There is no project director for the SCOPE programme.

Lobbying

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when she expects to respond to the First Report of the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2008-09, on Lobbying: access and influence in Whitehall, HC 36. [284298]


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Angela E. Smith: I refer my hon. Friend to the evidence I gave to the Public Administration Select Committee on 2 July 2009. I expect to be in a position to respond before the summer recess.

Managing Diversity

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 643-44W, on National School of Government, which public sector organisations sent representatives to the course held in Sunningdale Park in 2008. [249938]

Tessa Jowell: This is a matter for the National School of Government. I have asked the principal and chief executive to reply.

Letter from Rod Clark, dated July 2009:

National School of Government

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the estimated running costs of the National School of Government are in 2009-10; [283581]

(2) how much funding the Government is providing to the National School of Government in 2009-10; [283582]

(3) how much the National School of Government received from each Government Department in payment for courses for their staff in each of the last three years. [283588] [Official Report, 9 November 2009, Vol. 499, c. 1MC.]

Tessa Jowell: This is a matter for the National School of Government. I have asked the principal and chief executive to reply.

Letter from Rod Clark, dated July 2009:


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