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Green Belt: St. Albans
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were built on land with green belt designation in St. Albans constituency in each of the last 10 years. [320887]
Mr. Ian Austin: There is no published information on the proportions of new dwellings built in the green belt below regional level.
Home Buying Stakeholder Advisory Panel
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates the Home Buying Stakeholder Advisory Panel has met; and if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of each of its meetings. [319282]
Mr. Ian Austin: The stakeholder advisory panel on home buying and selling met on 25 July 2007, 11 October 2007, 12 December 2007, 19 March 2008, 4 June 2008 and 4 November 2008.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 22 May 2008, Official Report, column 453W, which dealt with the minutes of the meetings of the panel.
Housing Revenue Accounts
Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proposals he has for the reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement. [321464]
John Healey: I intend to make an announcement and publish a summary of responses to the consultation shortly.
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to publish further proposals for reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system; and if he will make a statement. [321709]
John Healey: I intend to make a further announcement and publish a summary of responses to the consultation shortly.
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to end the transfer out of the national housing revenue account (HRA) of HRA surpluses paid for from tenants' rent with effect from 2010-11. [322250]
John Healey: The HRA Subsidy Determination for 2010-11 was published on 3 February.
We intend to make an announcement shortly which will outline the progress we have made on self-financing, set out more details of our proposals and provide a summary of responses to the consultation.
Housing: Construction
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what percentage of new (a) affordable and (b) privately built homes had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more bedrooms in each local authority area in each year since 1997; [320657]
(2) what percentage of new (a) affordable and (b) privately-built homes were (a) flats and (b) houses in each local authority area in each year since 1997. [320658]
Mr. Ian Austin: Tables will be placed in the Library of the House which shows the percentage of social rented and affordable homes delivered through the Homes and Communities Agency's Affordable Housing Programme by the number of bedrooms and by houses or flats for each local authority area. These figures are only available from the Homes and Communities Agency's Investment Management System, so will not cover the total number of new build social rent and affordable homes.
Not all affordable housing is provided through new build completions, supply can also come from the acquisition and refurbishment of private sector homes. In 2008-09, a total of 55,770 additional affordable homes, of which 31,090 were for social rent homes, were provided.
Information on new privately built homes by bedroom size or dwelling type for each local authority area is not available.
Housing: Standards
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local planning authorities in England have at least one accredited assessor for Building for Life; whether it is his Department's policy to require all local authorities to have at least one accredited assessor; and if he will make a statement. [321552]
Mr. Ian Austin: 160 local planning authorities in England have at least one accredited Building for Life assessor as a result of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's (CABE) Building for Life accredited assessor training programme. CLG's policies do not require local authorities to become accredited assessors. However, Planning Policy Statement 3 gives clear direction to local planning authorities to deliver well-designed housing and monitor and report on progress. Building for Life is a useful approach that enables local authorities to do that.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many development plans submitted as part of the Kickstart Round 1 process were deemed (a) very good, (b) good, (c) average and (d) poor when first assessed against the Building for Life standard. [321553]
Mr. Ian Austin: Details of the breakdown of Building for Life scores under Kickstart round 1 can be found on the Homes and Communities Agency website:
The HCA and CABE will produce detailed reports on all aspects of the delivery of Kickstart rounds 1 and 2 following the conclusion of the round 2 assessment process. These reports will include information on the design assessments undertaken.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many assessments were added to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's Assessment Register in each of the last three years. [321555]
Mr. Ian Austin: The register of formal Building for Life assessments was launched on 30 September 2009. No assessments were registered with CABE in 2007 or 2008. 90 assessments were registered in 2009. Further assessments have been conducted by others but are not formally recognised or recorded.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Building for Life assessments carried out for Kickstart developments have been reassessed following a request from (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. [321556]
Mr. Ian Austin: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) commissioned the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment to carry out Building for Life assessments on Kickstart Round 1 schemes. For the lower scoring schemes, HCA supplemented these assessments with further information to enable the suitability of bids to be considered in their wider community and local authority context.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what annual fees are charged by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for continued accreditation for Building for Life assessors. [321557]
Mr. Ian Austin: There is currently no annual fee charged by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for continued accreditation of Building for Life assessors.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what payments were made by the Homes and Communities Agency to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last three years; [321560]
(2) how much the Homes and Communities Agency paid to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for its assessment of the Kickstart schemes against its Building for Life criteria. [322352]
John Healey: The Homes and Communities Agency was created on 1 December 2008. The following payments have been made to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment:
December 2008 to March 2009: £125,304
April 2009 to date: £458,278 of which £244,332 is for CABE's assessment of Kickstart schemes against its Building for Life criteria, to date.
Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council and housing association homes in Birmingham did not meet the decent homes standard in each year since 1997; and how much funding his Department provided to upgrade council and housing association homes in Birmingham in each of those years. [321566]
Mr. Ian Austin: The information requested is provided in the following table. This is drawn from the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA)-Annual Monitoring data from Local Authorities, published by CLG. The RSL data are from the Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR), published by the Tenant Services Authority.
The figures for funding provided by the Department are set out in the second table. The Major Repairs Allowance and the Local Authority Supported Capital Expenditure are not used exclusively for Decent Homes expenditure. We do not provide funding to RSLs.
| Social housing stock-Birmingham | ||||||
| Local authority | RSL | Total social sector | ||||
| All stock | Non-decents | All stock | Non-decents | All stock | Non-decents | |
| Note: Figures rounded to nearest hundred | ||||||
| £ | ||
| LASCE( 1) | MRA( 2) | |
| (1) LASCE-local authority supported capital expenditure (2) MRA-major repairs allowance | ||
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