Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 November 2004. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 November 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent on promoting the Decent Homes Standard. - Inc figures.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on promoting the Decent Homes Standard. [198340] Keith Hill: This financial year the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has spent just under £8,000 promoting the Decent Homes Programme. This money was spent on the Decent Homes Event held on 5 May 2004. This event was to announce policy changes to the financing of the programme, the success of local authority bids for additional funding and the achievement of a 1 million reduction in the number of non-decent homes. It is up to individual local authorities to decide how they wish to promote the standard, as they will need to take into account the situation in their authority, i.e. size of area, distribution of stock. This will determine any amount they spend.

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