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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 November 2009. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


Homes and Communities Agency: Security

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) on security for (a) undeveloped, (b) unsold and (c) other HCA-owned sites in each region in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
Answer

The following table sets out net expenditure incurred for security by the HCA for each region for the six months from April to September, these are the latest figures that are available. All land owned by the HCA is unsold and undeveloped so it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs in the way asked.

£
Region April May June July August September
East 2,377 0 -240 60,872 75,448 19,974
East Midlands 1,500 0 450 150 5,663 0
London 93,264 140,209 134,693 141,714 58,091 93,173
Milton Keynes 21,385 14,526 14,306 15,002 25,463 14,306
North East 1,468 35,901 38,203 39,591 30,767 42,810
North West 16,149 34,312 24,105 23,798 66,619 11,394
South East¹ 1,785 14,067 14,781 -44,013 29,347 18,435
South West 11,510 37,181 35,467 7,717 44,272 21,102
West Midlands 12,846 10,368 25,113 33,438 31,476 4,519
Yorkshire and Humber 847 2,349 15,372 7,423 11,156 7,978
Other security expenditure not broken down by region² -9,032 19,853 12,089 23,153 35,604 20,549
¹ July's figure represents a recharge to the HCA as a result of HCA's delivery partner taking over the existing contract for security provision
² These figures represent expenditure on security which cannot be broken down to a regional level.
Note:
Figures rounded up or down as appropriate to the nearest £.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c525W; 298204
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Security Homes and Communities Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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