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| Country | Actual Costs Claims | Lump Sum Claims | Total |
(1) Source: 2007-08 Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) exercise. Totals are based on estimates of the costs of European Economic Area (EEA) healthcare claims made annually for the purposes of provisions made in the Department of Health accounts in accordance with Treasury resource accounting rules.
(2) Excepting Article 22.1c (patient referral) & Article 55.1c (industrial injury) claims.
(3) Excepting Article 22.1 c (patient referral) claims.
(4) Previously waiver, regulations apply from 30 June 2008.
(5) Totals for individual countries are rounded to nearest £1,000.
(6) Sub-totals may not add up to rounded overall totals due to rounding.
Houses of Parliament: Select Committees
Question
Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 20 April (WA 346), on how many occasions and in what circumstances Ministers of the Ministry of Justice and its predecessors have refused to give evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees during the past five years. [HL2985]
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Ministers of the Ministry of Justice, and of the former Department for Constitutional Affairs, take the responsibility of being accountable to Parliament through Select Committees very seriously. We have no record of any occasion when a Minister refused to give evidence in the past five years.
Housing
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public house-building schemes commenced in 2008; how many completions were effected; and how many would have been needed in each category to make an impact in reducing the number of homeless people. [HL2925]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): Details on the number of public (local authority) housing schemes are not held centrally.
However in calendar year 2008, there were 395 local authority housing starts, and 450 local authority housing completions.
Source: New build starts and completions from P2 quarterly returns submitted by local authorities to Communities and Local Government.
Although no formal assessment has been made as to the direct effect of local authority housebuilding on homelessness, all local authorities have a homelessness strategy in place to tackle and prevent homelessness. The latest set of homelessness statistics (October to December 2008) show that homelessness acceptances are down by 21 against the same quarter in 2007 and those being placed in temporary accommodation had also reduced by 15 per cent over the same period. The Government have provided over £150 million of homelessness grant from 2008-11 to local authorities to tackle and prevent homelessness effectively, the biggest ever cash injection provided for homelessness services.
Although RSLs are private sector bodies, many receive grant through the Homes and Communities Agency to provide affordable homes for either social rented or low-cost home ownership. Since the early 1990s RSLs have been the major providers of low-cost, sub-market, rented housing and the main developers of new social housing for people on low incomes and in housing need.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Andrews on 20 April (HL2707—2711), what was the allocation of the regional housing pot budget in each region in (a) 2008—09 and (b) 2009—10 to (1) the National Affordable Housing Programme, (2) the Local Authority Decent Homes Programme, and (3) the Private Sector Renewal and Regeneration Programme; [HL2948]
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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Andrews on 20 April (HL2707—2711), what was the allocation to each local housing authority in 2008—09 of (a) the Local Authority Decent Homes Programme, and (b) the Private Sector Renewal and Regeneration Programme. [HL2949]
Baroness Andrews: The regional housing pot budget for 2008-09 and 2009-10 was allocated to the regions as follows:
| 2008/09 (£m) | Affordable housing | LA decent homes | Private sector renewal | Total |
Allocations for each region in 2009/10 are indicative and are subject to change following announcements in the recent Budget and the performance of regions.
| 2009/10 (£m) | National Affordable Housing programme | LA Decent Homes | Private Sector Renewal | Total |
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