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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget of the Deposit Protection Service is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. [286970]
Mr. Ian Austin: The Deposit Protection Service is a Government authorised tenancy deposit protection scheme but is self-financing and does not receive a budget from Communities and Local Government.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) landlords and (b) lettings agents were registered with the Deposit Protection Service in each of the last three years. [286973]
Mr. Ian Austin: The total number of landlords and letting agents registered with the Deposit Protection Service at the end of each year since the scheme began in April 2007 is set out as follows.
| Letting agents registered (cumulative figure) | Landlords registered (cumulative figure) | |
Derelict Land
Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what area of land designated as brown field in each county in 1997 has since been dedesignated; and what estimate he has made of the area of such land which has been built upon since 1997. [286575]
Mr. Ian Austin: No information is available on what land was designated as brownfield in 1997. Information on the stock of brownfield land by region from 1998 is available from the National Land Use Database of Previously-Developed Land and is given in the following table:
| Hectares | |||||||||
| Government office region | 1998 | 2001 on 1998 specification | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Information at county level for land which has been de-designated and the acreage of land which has been built on could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on provision for waste bins in the design of new residential developments. [286509]
Mr. Ian Austin: The Government receive a range of representations from groups and individuals on a wide range of topics including the provision of waste bins in residential developments. I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 12 March 2009, Official Report, columns 741-42W and 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1144-45W as examples. The provision of and access to for solid waste, such as waste bins, is addressed by Part H6 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations, and in Category 5 (Was 1) of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Empty Dwelling Management Orders
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department and its agencies have issued to local authorities in (a) each region and (b) each London borough in relation to the use of empty dwelling management orders. [286521]
Mr. Ian Austin: The Department supported the guidance on Empty Dwelling Management Orders which was launched by the independent Empty Homes Agency on 10 March. A foreword to the guidance was provided by the then Minister of State for Housing and Planning. Individual guidance is provided on demand to all local authorities by my officials.
Faith and Social Cohesion Unit
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what support his Department is giving to the Charity Commission's Faith and Social Cohesion Unit. [286105]
Mr. Malik: The Department for Communities and Local Government is part-funding the Charity Commission's Faith and Social Cohesion Unit to a total of £1.3 million over financial years 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10. The Charity Commission is also contributing £200,000 over each of these financial years through staff resources.
Fire Services
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the latest timetable is for each of the regional fire control room to become fully operational; whether any control room is expected to go live before June 2010; and if he will make a statement; [283696]
(2) when he expects the new London fire control centre to be operational. [283833]
Mr. Malik: I refer the hon. Member to the written statement I made to the House today which sets out the latest position on the FiReControl project.
Fire Services: Manpower
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire fighters were employed at fire stations in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. [285328]
Mr. Malik: Available data on the number of firefighters are shown in the tables. These are for: (a) the north-east, and for (b) the Tees Valley areas of Cleveland and of Darlington.
Fire fighter strength data for Darlington, and both headcount and strength data for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| (a) Number of firefighters, the north-east of England, 1999 to 2008 | ||||
| Headcount | Strength | |||
| At 31 March | Whole - time | Retained duty | Wholetime( 1) | Retained duty( 2) |
| (1) In full-time equivalents (FTEs) (2) In 24-hour units of cover. Figures include volunteers and members of private brigades, Source: Annual Returns to CLG | ||||
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