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Social Rented Housing: Barnet

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will assess the performance of Barnet Homes in delivering the decent homes initiative; and if he will make a statement. [298703]

Mr. Ian Austin: The Homes and Communities Agency, which manages the day-to-day delivery of the decent homes programme, reported that 24 per cent. of the council housing stock in Barnet did not meet the decent homes standard in 2008-09.

Barnet Homes are inspected by the independent Audit Commission across a range of performance areas, including the delivery of their decent homes investment programme. At its most recent inspection Barnet Homes was assessed as having an overall two star rating, and providing a good service with promising prospects for improvement.

Social Rented Housing: Standards

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department provides on requirements for (a) heating systems, (b) double glazing and (c) security of front and back doors under the decent homes standard; and if he will make a statement. [299364]

Mr. Ian Austin: The decent homes standard requires that all social housing provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort. This includes efficient heating. The decent homes standard does not include the security of front and back doors or specify a requirement for double glazing but does allow for the replacement of windows. Guidance on the decent homes standard is available in "A Decent Homes: definition and guidance for implementation, June 2006" available at:

www.communities.gov.uk

Supporting People Programme

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much he expects to be spent on Supporting People grants for women at risk of domestic violence in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. [298203]

Mr. Malik: The Supporting People budget is allocated to the top tier local authorities as a single budget and CLG does not allocate the resource to specific client groups and therefore is unable to say what the expected expenditure will be. The Supporting People programme is a locally delivered and managed programme and it is for each local authority to allocate the available resource to provide Supporting People housing-related support services, including domestic violence provision based on local needs and priorities.

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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was allocated by his Department via Supporting People grants to (a) women at risk of domestic violence, (b) people who have been homeless or a rough sleeper and (c) homeless people with support needs in each region in each of the last five years. [298205]

Mr. Malik: The Supporting People budget is allocated to the top tier local authorities as a single budget and CLG does not allocate the resource to specific client groups. The Supporting People programme is a locally delivered and managed programme and it is for each local authority to allocate the available resource to provide Supporting People housing-related support services, including domestic violence provision and services for homeless or rough sleepers, based on local needs and priorities.

The following table sets out the amount spent on Supporting People services by region and by primary client group for 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08. Retrospective spend information for these three years was reported to the Department annually by administering authorities. Data relating to 2003-04 and 2004-05 in the following table reflect the actual level of Supporting People grant allocation.

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SP financial information 2003-08 for domestic violence and homeless client groups, by region
Region	Women at risk of DV	Single homeless	Homeless Families	Rough sleeper
2003-04( 1)
North East	2,576,880	11,325,583	1,175,825	12,490
North West	7,076,498	44,003,942	14,541,305	214,161
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,251,324	21,470,521	5,725,026	949,473
East Midlands	5,992,686	24,960,194	4,201,243	163,221
West Midlands	8,771,676	21,409,392	3,896,450	0
East	4,463,617	25,470,320	2,765,475	11,569
London	11,865,055	80,960,743	12,619,099	8,474,084
South East	6,187,293	32,362,583	3,590,283	1,741,992
South West	4,034,989	26,915,286	3,044,761	1,086,375
Total	57,131,302	288,847,929	51,750,009	12,720,645
2004-05( 1)
North East	2,585,704	11,248,267	1,172,818	12,375
North West	7,039,408	43,647,762	14,405,397	211,083
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,189,306	21,185,617	5,630,154	928,434
East Midlands	5,917,736	24,557,471	4,136,585	158,929
West Midlands	8,752,594	21,325,427	3,918,316	0
East	4,452,971	25,553,926	2,779,959	11,511
London	11,842,080	80,338,357	12,576,977	8,373,174
South East	6,161,947	32,209,893	3,581,707	1,723,219
South West	4,021,760	26,880,426	3,023,289	1,086,455
Total	56,963,504	286,947,146	51,225,203	12,505,180
2005-06
North East	2,835,677	10,902,922	1,200,539	12,590
North West	7,369,185	35,454,968	10,692,917	721,542
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,244,079	20,477,330	5,467,045	545,472
East Midlands	5,705,247	19,075,171	4,289,385	198,309
West Midlands	9,878,928	20,504,573	2,357,009	0
East	4,626,515	22,242,815	2,560,051	19,378
London	11,674,608	68,885,005	15,873,832	11,971,500
South East	6,673,546	31,876,031	3,924,310	1,991,145
South West	4,325,474	22,351,993	3,107,731	799,450
Total	59,333,258	251,770,808	49,472,818	16,259,386
2006-07
North East	2,727,974	11,144,585	1,239,057	13,651
North West	7,764,318	34,875,223	10,651,293	964,211
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,516,817	17,544,805	5,929,048	743,354
East Midlands	6,093,211	17,740,659	3,981,415	261,947
West Midlands	9,731,621	19,450,876	2,777,146	0
East	4,807,037	18,826,621	2,400,933	19,294
London	12,478,747	63,425,571	14,748,999	12,753,861
South East	6,935,572	28,728,075	3,799,682	1,510,665
South West	4,590,023	21,887,261	3,194,813	1,218,770
Total	61,645,319	233,623,677	48,722,386	17,485,753
2007-08
North East	3,042,569	10,262,428	1,367,896	41,249
North West	7,903,985	35,003,365	11,414,123	1,147,129
Yorkshire and Humberside	6,824,502	17,303,932	6,290,100	1,086,917
East Midlands	6,719,608	19,104,846	3,803,393	174,599
West Midlands	10,141,312	18,453,935	2,538,846	280,297
East	4,775,527	19,736,280	2,649,753	15,504
London	12,870,564	54,696,919	12,611,487	12,514,292
South East	7,390,539	28,133,640	3,176,137	1,477,743
South West	4,854,878	19,467,429	3,088,183	2,038,357
Total	64,523,484	222,162,774	46,939,918	18,776,088
(1) The Supporting People Programme came into effect on 1st April 2003 and as such financial information relating to Supporting People services is only available from this time. The information included in the above table shows the breakdown of SP financial information for each region as a whole for the first five years of the programme. Data relating to the years 2003-04 and 2004-05 reflect the level of grant allocation which was based on the picture of SP services as at 1 April 2003 (programme go live)-what actual spend levels per client group were in these years will not be the same, as actual reported spend data are not available. Information relating to the years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 reflects actual spend as reported by AAs at the end of each financial year. Analysis of the 2008-09 data is yet to be finalised.

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