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Social Housing Grant

Answer

A summary of responses to the consultation ‘The Way Forward for Housing Capital Finance' was placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 19 May 2004. The summary includes, among other things, details of consultees who responded to the suggestion about the future of Local Authority Social Housing Grant (LASHG) in that paper. In addition, representations were received prior to the abolition of LASHG from the following right hon. and hon. Members for:"Barking""Bedford""Bristol East""Bromley and Chislehurst""Bury St. Edmunds""Cheltenham""Chester City""Coventry South""Dagenham""Dewsbury""East Surrey""Forest of Dean""Great Grimsby""Henley""Ipswich""Knowsley North and Sefton East""Lichfield""Mid Bedfordshire""Regents Park and Kensington North""Reigate""Runnymede and Weybridge""Saffron Walden""South Cambridgeshire""Spelthorne""Staffordshire Moorlands""Stratford-on-Avon""Tonbridge and Malling""Wealdon""Welwyn Hatfield""Witney""Worthing West""Yeovil"and"Baroness Maddock;""Mark Watts MEP;"and the following organisations, some of whom made representations through right hon. and hon. Members:"Apex Group""Aquarius Housing Consultancy""Association of London Government""Babergh District Council""Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council""Bedford Borough Council""Breckland District Council""Bromley London Borough Council""Bromsgrove District Council""Cheltenham Borough Council""Cambridge City Council""Chester City Council""Chester Housing Partnership""Christchurch Borough Council""Corporation of London Council""Daventry District Council""East of England Regional Housing Forum""East Hampshire District Council""East Lindsey District Council""Eden District Council""Fareham Borough Council""Field Lane Foundation""Forest of Dean District Council""Fylde Borough Council""Guildford Borough Council""Havant Borough Council""Havebury Housing Partnership""Hyde Housing Association Group""Ipswich Borough Council""Lichfield City Council""Linx Housing Association""Local Government Association""Maidstone Borough Council""Malvern Hills District Council""Mid Sussex District Council""Moat Housing Group""Moorlands Housing Association""National Housing Federation""Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council""North Cornwall District Council""North East Lincolnshire Council""North Hertfordshire District Council""North Yorkshire County Council""Orwell Housing Association""Penwith District Council""Reading Borough Council""Redditch Borough Council""Reigate and Banstead Borough Council""Restormel Borough Council""Royal Borough of Kensington And Chelsea""Runnymede Borough Council""Rural Housing Trust""Rushcliffe Borough Council""Slough Borough Council""South Cambridgeshire District Council""South Norfolk District Council""South Oxfordshire District Council""South Shropshire District Council""South Somerset District Council""Spelthorne Borough Council""Spelthorne Housing Association""St. Edmundsbury Borough Council""Staffordshire Moorlands District Council""Stratford-on-Avon District Council""Suffolk Housing Society""Surrey Community Development Trust""Sutton London Borough Council""Swale Borough Council""Swanbridge Housing Association""Swindon Borough Council""Test Valley Borough Council""Thames Valley Housing Association""Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council""Tunbridge Wells Borough Council""Tynedale District Council""Uttlesford District Council""Waverley Borough Council""Wealden District Council""Welwyn Hatfield District Council""West Devon Homes""West Dorset District Council""West Kent Housing Association""Westminster City Council""West Oxfordshire District Council""Weymouth and Portland Borough Council""Wychavon District Council"My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister subsequently received representations about transitional arrangements following the abolition of Local Authority Social Housing Grant from the following right hon. and hon. Members for:"Barking""Chelmsford West""Dagenham""Ipswich""Kingston and Surbiton""Maldon and Chelmsford East""Mid Norfolk""Mid Worcestershire""North East Bedfordshire""Rayleigh""St. Albans""Stalybridge and Hyde""Sunderland South""South West Norfolk""West Suffolk""West Worcestershire"and the following organisations, some of whom made representations through right hon. and hon. Members:"Ashton Pioneer Homes""Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council""Bedford Borough Council""Breckland District Council""Canterbury City Council""Cardinal Hume Centre""Chelmsford Borough Council""East Lindsey District Council""Elmbridge Borough Council""Hertfordshire Housing Forum""Ipswich Borough Council""Kennet District Council""North Lincolnshire Council""Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames""Runnymede Borough Council""St. Edmundsbury Borough Council""South Hams District Council""South Somerset District Council""Suffolk County Council""Sunderland City Metropolitan Borough Council""Surrey Community Development Trust""Surrey Local Government Association""Tandridge District Council""Tewkesbury MCTi Partnership""Tewkesbury Borough Council""Tower Hamlets London Borough Council""Waverley Borough Council""Westminster City Council""West Wiltshire District Council""Woodstock Town Council""Wychavon District Council"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2562; 435 c883W;435 c884-7W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Grants Local government Social rented housing Social housing grant