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Housing: Sales
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many residential property sales there were in each local authority area in the last year for which figures are available. [324479]
Mr. Ian Austin: Data on residential property sales are provided by the Land Registry and published by local authority district on the CLG website.
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of domestic properties sold in each
(a) local authority and (b) Government office region were sold at above £325,000 in the latest period for which figures are available. [324501]
Mr. Ian Austin: The information requested is not available in the form requested.
Housing: Standards
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many Building for Life assessments were carried out in each of the last three years; and how many resulted in an assessment of (a) very good, (b) good, (c) average and (d) poor; [321548]
(2) how much the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has received for training local planning authority assessors in the Building for Life programme. [321551]
Mr. Ian Austin: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Planning Inspectorate: Judicial Reviews
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many judicial reviews relating to section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 were brought by each local planning authority against the decision of the Planning Inspectorate in each of the last five years; how many of those were (a) upheld and (b) dismissed in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [325825]
Mr. Ian Austin: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Rented Housing: Overcrowding
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many and what proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private and (ii) social rented sector there were living in overcrowded conditions in (A) London and (B) England in each year since 1997; [323592]
(2) how many and what proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private and (ii) social rented sector classified as living in overcrowded conditions there were in each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2009. [324027]
Mr. Ian Austin: Information in respect of overcrowding is available on the Department's website.
The Survey of English Housing samples is too small to provide reliable estimates at local authority level.
Social Rented Housing
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of the social homes provided through the temporary social housing programme in each of the last three years were available for (a) up to five years, (b) from six to 10 years, (c) from 11 to 15 years and (d) from 16 years or more. [321564]
Mr. Ian Austin: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1330-1332W, on social rented housing: finance, what the average duration of availability was for social homes provided through the Temporary Social Housing programme in each of the last three years. [321589]
Mr. Ian Austin: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Social Rented Housing: Construction
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many social homes have been built since April 2006; and (a) how many and (b) what proportion met code level (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5 and (vi) 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. [319270]
Mr. Ian Austin: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 March 2010, Official Report, columns 271-72W, to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps).
Social Rented Housing: Empty Property
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many social homes were vacant for a period of more than six months in each local authority area in each of the last three years; [320835]
(2) how many social homes were vacant in each local authority area in each of the last three years. [320836]
Mr. Ian Austin: Information is not available on the number of registered social landlord dwellings that were vacant for a period of more than six months in each local authority area.
The other information requested is available on the Department's website.
Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many households with children were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years; and how many children there were in households on that waiting list in each of those years; [323838]
(2) how many households with at least one pregnant member were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years; [323839]
(3) what information his Department (a) holds and (b) collects from local authorities on (i) demographics and (ii) waiting times in respect of households on the social housing waiting list; [323841]
(4) how many households with at least one disabled person were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years. [323813]
Mr. Ian Austin: Information on waiting times and other characteristics of households on social housing waiting lists are not collected centrally.
The other information requested is available on the Department's website.
Street Cleaning
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to clean and maintain unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement. [325877]
Barbara Follett: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Treasury
Answers received for publication 21 January 2010
Banks: USA
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has made to the US authorities on the effect on UK banks in which the Government have a stake operating in the US of the new taxation arrangements in that country; and whether he plans to make such arrangements reciprocal. [311948]
Mr. Timms: On 14 January the US announced the "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee", which the Government are studying closely. This is a matter for the US authorities and UK banks will be working with them to understand the impact of the proposal as it passes through Congress.
Revenue and Customs: Closures
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether an assessment has been made of the implications for levels of tax collected of proposals by HM Revenue and Customs to close offices and reduce staff. [311999]
Mr. Timms: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is restructuring its operations across the UK, by consolidating its staff into larger teams in fewer locations to enable more efficient working practices to be introduced.
During this restructuring HMRC has increased the revenues bought in from its compliance activities, from £7.5 billion in 2005-06 to £12 billion in 2008-09.
Revenue and Customs: Peterhead
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the effects of the closure of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) office in Peterhead on the provision of face-to-face advice for clients; how far the nearest HMRC enquiry centre providing face-to-face advice for clients will be from Peterhead following the closure of Keith House, Peterhead; what the estimated disposal costs are of Keith House; what support and guidance HMRC have offered to staff at Keith House over the Workforce Change Programme; whether HMRC plans any compulsory redundancies in respect of staff at Keith House; and how many staff at Keith House will be redeployed by HMRC to other locations. [311975]
Mr. Timms: Provision of face to face advice services currently provided by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at Keith House, Peterhead will continue either in the existing location or nearby, although no final decision has yet been made as to the actual location. These services are not affected by the decision to withdraw other HMRC work from Peterhead.
HMRC occupies Keith House under contract with its estates provider, Mapeley, and this contract includes a high level of flexibility for HMRC to vacate properties at nil or limited cost during the life of the contract. HMRC intends to maximise the use of the contract's flexibility and until vacation plans for Keith House are finalised, it is not known whether disposal costs will be applicable.
Following the announcement on 4 December 2008 that HMRC would withdraw from Keith House, managers have held one-to-one meetings with staff to discuss their options, taking account of individual personal circumstances. A regional implementation team was set up to explore redeployment options and find suitable opportunities within HMRC and in other Government Departments and agencies. Seminars for all affected staff are being held, and further support is being planned for those staff who want to continue their civil service careers.
Of the eight staff working in Keith House, plans are currently in place for one to be redeployed or continue to provide enquiry centre services. Those staff who cannot be redeployed are eligible to be considered for voluntary redundancy on compulsory terms. HMRC is committed to avoiding compulsory redundancies wherever possible.
Revenue and Customs: Scotland
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer at how many locations in Scotland HM Revenue and Customs shares office accommodation with other government agencies. [311970]
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any of the HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland earmarked for closure were funded through the private finance initiative. [311971]
Mr. Timms: All of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in Scotland identified for closure are held under private finance initiative (PFI) arrangements. The majority are held directly by HMRC under the Strategic Transfer of the Estate to the Private Sector (STEPS) contract with Mapeley, which provides a high level of flexibility for HMRC to vacate properties at nil or limited cost during the life of the contract.
The remaining offices being occupied by HMRC under sharing arrangements with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and subject to DWP's PFI contract with Trillium.
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases have been passed from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) call centres to HMRC offices in Scotland which have been earmarked for closure in each of the last five years; what the estimated cost will be of vacating those offices; and what plans HMRC has for the disposal of such buildings at each location. [311972]
Mr. Timms: The information requested around the number of cases passed from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Call Centres to those offices in Scotland is available only at disproportionate cost, due to the work required to extract it from HMRC's systems.
The majority of the HMRC offices in Scotland are held under the terms of the HMRC private finance initiative (PF1) contract with their estates supplier, Mapeley. This contract includes a high level of flexibility for HMRC to vacate properties at nil or limited cost during the life of the contract. HMRC intends to maximise the use of the contract's flexibility and until vacation plans for each office are finalised, it is not known whether disposal costs will be applicable. Formal vacation notices for each office are due to be issued by summer 2010.
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the staff (a) turnover and (b) absentee rate was at each HM Revenue and Customs office in Scotland in each of the last five years. [311973]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
| Percentage | ||||||
| Turnover | ||||||
| Town | Office name | 2009-10( 1) | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 |
| (1) 1 April 2009 to 15 January 2010. | ||||||
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