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Open Market homebuy | |||
£ | |||
Average household income: | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 |
Social h ome b uy | |||
£ | |||
Average household income: | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 |
n/a = Not available due to no sales or small sample size which provides unreliable estimates. Source: CORE (Continuous Recording) returns from registered social landlords to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA). |
HomeBuy Direct commenced in 2008-09, but no sales were made in that financial year. Data on Open market homebuy and Social homebuy are not held centrally prior to 2005-06.
Figures for the sales under the First Time Buyers Initiative are not recorded separately on the CORE return but will be subsumed within other shared ownership categories.
The household income figures are calculated from the "monthly take home pay" figures, which are based on net earnings from any paid work. These figures do not include income from benefits such as income support, child benefit, child tax credit, or any payments received from the Child Support Agency (CSA).
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by his Department on the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build homebuy, (c) Open Market homebuy, (d) First Time Buyers' Initiative and (e) Social homebuy in each region in each year since 2005. [315659]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right. hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett) on 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1540W.
The following table shows final figures for each product by region for 2008-09:
2008-09 | |||||
£ million | |||||
Product | Open market homebuy | New b uild homebuy | First time buyers initiative | Social homebuy | Rent to homebuy |
Source: Homes and Communities Agency |
Information on expenditure on these products for 2009-10 will be available after the end of the financial year.
Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the provision of affordable housing. [316654]
John Healey: Building Britain's Future, launched on 29 June 2009, set out that meeting local housing needs is at the heart of our vision for the future of Britain. We are making available £1.5 billion additional investment in new affordable housing in the Housing Pledge, committing to a fairer deal in housing allocation, and giving local authorities a central role in delivery.
We are focused on early delivery to meet urgent housing need, support recovery, and restart construction. The new funding will deliver 20,000 new affordable homes over two years of which over 13,000 will be for social rent.
In total, this additional money in the Housing Pledge means we are investing some £7.5 billion over the two years 2009-11 to provide 112,000 affordable homes over these two years.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in what locations the Audit Commission held away days for its staff in the last 36-months outside its premises; and at what cost in each case. [315516]
Ms Rosie Winterton: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from Steve Bundred, dated 9 February 2010:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
The Audit Commission does not hold 'away days'. None of our events off site are for leisure or recreational purposes.
The Commission has over 2,000 staff located throughout England. It is necessary to bring staff together on occasions to ensure the effectiveness of operational delivery and employee relations. The Commission only has staff meetings where there is a specific business purpose. The purpose may be to review strategy, improve communications, improve organisational cohesion or address a specific operational issue.
Most meetings are held in Commission offices. On occasions meetings are held in other premises for one or more reasons including (a) the meeting facilities in our offices are not big enough for the numbers involved; (b) the meeting facilities are unavailable because of other bookings; (c) the meeting requires specialist facilities; (d) an external venue is chosen to best accommodate staff travelling from various parts of the country, access by public transport and attendance by non Commission staff including stakeholders and other inspectorates; and (e) an external environment is deemed most appropriate for that meeting.
A copy of this letter will be placed in Hansard.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which body (a) inspects, (b) audits and (c) oversees complaints in relation to the Audit Commission. [315517]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Audit Commission is not inspected, although it does have to lay the annual report of its activities before Parliament. The Audit Commission is audited by the National Audit Office. The Audit Commission operates a three stage complaints system, with the first two stages being internal within the organisation and the third stage being provided by the Independent Complaints Reviewer.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what external public affairs companies the Audit Commission has hired since 1997; for what purposes; and at what cost in each case. [315548]
Ms Rosie Winterton: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from Steve Bundred, dated 9 February 2010:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
The Audit Commission hired three external public affairs companies, Lexington Communications, Consolidated Communications and Connect Public Affairs, during the period 2003/04 to 2009/10. Each were contracted to provide parliamentary and political monitoring and research support. The contract value for each is shown in the attached table. Unfortunately we do not hold this information prior to 2003.
A copy of this letter will be placed in Hansard.
Table-Cost of hiring external public affairs companies | ||||||||
£ | ||||||||
Financial year | ||||||||
Supplier | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | Supplier totals |
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