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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Sedgemore: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [216014] Yvette Cooper: Along with other Government Departments, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is committed to improving the lives of people across the whole of the UK. For example, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is determined that everyone should have the opportunity to have a decent home, and since 1997 we have reduced the number of non-decent homes nationally by one million. In the local government finance settlements since 1997-98, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has been able to increase the amount of Government grant given to local authorities by £22.6 billion. This is a 33 per cent. increase in real terms. Since 1997-98 West Oxfordshire has received an average annual increase in formula grant of 3.2 per cent. The Neighbourhood Statistics Service provides a wide range of statistical information at parliamentary constituency level, taken from the 2001 census and other sources. This service is available on the National Statistics website at http://neighbourhood.statistics. gov.uk./.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

216014; 431 c581W;431 c577W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Government departments Policy Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Witney

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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