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Spur Road and Stonegrove

Regeneration: Liverpool

Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what recent representations he has received on Arena Housing and its operations in the Anfield area of Liverpool; [299766]

(2) what recent representations he has had on Liverpool city council's regeneration strategy for the Anfield area of Liverpool; [299767]

(3) what recent discussions he has had with local community groups on the regeneration of Anfield; and if he will make a statement. [299768]

John Healey: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Regional Planning and Development: Thames Gateway

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) central Government departments, (b) public corporations, (c) local authorities, (d) executive agencies, (e) non-departmental public bodies, (f) partnership bodies, (g) regional quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations and (h) other public sector bodies are involved in the Thames Gateway development. [293251]

Mr. Malik: Full details of the governance and delivery structures for the Thames Gateway are set out at Annex B of the Thames Gateway Annual Report 2008-09, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

Rented Housing

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average (a) council and (b) private sector rent was in (i) Birmingham, (ii) the West Midlands, (iii) inner London, (iv) outer London and (v) England excluding London in (A) 1980, (B) 1990, (C) 2000 and (D) each of the last five years. [299116]

John Healey: The following table provides average weekly rent figures for council dwellings. Reliable estimates for earlier years are not available.


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Average weekly council rent rates( 1, 2)
£

 Birmingham West Midlands Inner London Outer London England excluding London

2000-01

41.91

41.31

-

-

-

2004-05

49.84

49.28

66.62

66.52

49.11

2005-06

52.23

51.59

70.12

68.74

51.23

2006-07

54.63

54.11

73.63

71.46

53.54

2007-08

57.42

57.32

77.17

76.24

56.93

2008-09(3)

59.38

59.95

80.58

78.56

59.37

'-' Indicates data are not available
(1 )Average rent data for 2003-04 and onwards are based on a standardised 52 week collection. Data prior to 2003-04 may have been reported on various different collection.
(2) Average rent data are based upon data reported by stock-owning local authorities that have provided information.
(3) Average rent data for 2008-09 are provisional and will be updated when stock data at the start of the following financial year become available.
Source:
Average rent rates from Housing Revenue Account (HRA) second subsidy claim form. Total stock data from Housing Revenue Account (HRA) audited base claim form (2004-05 to 2007-08) and Housing Revenue Account (HRA) second subsidy claim form (2000-01, 2008-09).

Average free market monthly rents (mean) for private tenants by region in England are published on the Communities and Local Government website in table 734. Estimates for the West Midlands, London and England are available in this table for all years from 1995-96 and 1996-97 to 2006-07 and 2007-08. These rent estimates are based on data from the Survey of English Housing and a two-year rolling average is used as sampling variability is too great to provide a reliable indication of change between years at regional level. Reliable estimates below the regional level or for earlier years are not available.

Scout Solutions Projects

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been recovered from Scout Solutions Projects Limited in relation to the project to create mobility services for social tenants since 2006; what percentage of his Department's overall costs the project represented; and if he will make a statement. [299362]

Mr. Ian Austin: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the written parliamentary question of 29 February 2008, Official Report, column 1996W.

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mobility services for social tenants funded by his Department and its predecessors have been provided by Scout Solutions Projects Limited in each year since 2004. [299363]

Mr. Ian Austin: From May 2004 until January 2007 Scout Solutions Projects Limited provided the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme, HOMES Mobility Scheme, the LAWN Mobility Scheme and the Homeswap service for social tenants funded by the Department.

Sleeping Rough

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, columns 768-70W, on homelessness, which local authorities have not (a) conducted a street count and (b) provided an estimate of rough sleepers in their area in 2009. [298240]

Mr. Ian Austin [holding answer 9 November 2009]: It is not necessary for all local authorities to carry out a rough sleeper counts. Counts are conducted in accordance with CLG guidance which recommend that if an authority does not have more than 10 rough sleepers then it does not need to count, although many authorities do so.

We want to be sure that people who might find themselves sleeping rough in those areas can get the help they need. The intention is to prevent and tackle rough sleeping wherever it occurs.

We no longer ask local authorities that do not count to provide an annual estimate. Therefore the 2009 annual figure is not a national estimate of all the people sleeping in rough in the country but is the total number of rough sleepers found on street counts and shows a continuing reduction of 75 per cent. on the 1998 baseline.

The following local authorities did not conduct a street count in 2008-09:


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