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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4th December 2002, Official Report, column 887W, concerning neighbourhood renewal status, what guidelines are issued to or requirements made of local authorities in receipt of neighbourhood renewal status funds about expenditure of such money; and if he will make...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4th December 2002, Official Report, column 887W, concerning neighbourhood renewal status, what guidelines are issued to or requirements made of local authorities in receipt of neighbourhood renewal status funds about expenditure of such money; and if he will make...
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 January 2003
For answer on
27 January 2003
Answered on
27 January 2003
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 4 December 2002, Official Report, column 887W, concerning
neighbourhood renewal status, what guidelines are issued to or requirements made of local authorities in receipt of neighbourhood
renewal status funds about expenditure of such money; and if he will make a statement. [92670]
Mrs. Roche: Guidelines for local authorities in receipt of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) are set out annually in a Special
Grant Report.
Special Grant Report No. 93, which has been placed in the Library of the House, explains the purpose, allocations and spending
conditions of NRF grant in 2002-03. The grant conditions include the requirements that: local authorities should agree the use of
NRF with their Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), and they should submit my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister an annual
Statement of Use, also agreed with the LSP, setting out how the grant is being spent and what impact is expected to be achieved with
the grant.
(Arrangements for 2003-04 will be specified shortly, in a Special Grant Report for that year).
Subjects
Disadvantaged; Community development; Expenditure; Grants; Local government
Date
27 January 2003
Reference
92670; 398 c627-8W;398 c625-6W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the housing needs of (a) homeless children and (b) families with children living in poor housing. - Includes ref to Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation (England) Order 2002 and Homelessness Act 2002 and figures.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the housing needs of (a) homeless children and (b) families with children living in poor housing. - Includes ref to Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation (England) Order 2002 and Homelessness Act 2002 and figures.
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 December 2002
For answer on
15 January 2003
Answered on
15 January 2003
Mrs. Calton:: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to meet the housing needs of (a) homeless children and (b) families
with children living in poor housing. [88540]
Mrs. Roche: Homeless children under the age of 16, are the responsibility of social services. Under the homelessness legislation, as
amended by the Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002 and the Homelessness Act 2002 which both came
into force on 31 July 2002, local housing authorities in England must ensure that suitable accommodation is available for children
aged 16 or 17 who are homeless through no fault of their own (unless they are a relevant child for the purposes of the Children Act
1989 and the responsibility of social services).
In terms of supporting families with children, in March 2002 the Government announced a commitment that by March 2004 local
authorities shall ensure that no homeless family with children is in a Bed and Breakfast hotel (B&B) other than in an emergency, and
even then for no more than six weeks.
High B&B using councils have been required to submit action plans on how they intend to meet this commitment. The Homelessness
Directorate is working closely with these and other lower using councils on delivery of these action plans. This has been supported
by a £35 million grant programme in 2002-03 together with changes to housing benefit subsidy implemented by the Department for Work
and Pensions.
For 2003-04 the Homelessness Directorate will allocate up to a further £15 million to help authorities meet the March 2004 B&B
commitment.
On 3 December, I announced that the Government intends to outlaw the use of B&Bs for homeless families except in an emergency. The
Government will be consulting in due course on options for strengthening the homelessness legislation by Order and through statutory
guidance to: end the use of privately owned B&B establishments as temporary accommodation for homeless families with children except
in emergencies and even then for no more than six weeks; set minimum accommodation fitness and proposed management standards in all
temporary accommodation used by local authorities to house homeless households; set additional fitness standards for shared facility
(B&B) type privately owned temporary accommodation used by local authorities to house homeless households.
The Government has set a target to bring all social housing up to a decent standard and to increase the proportion of private
housing occupied by vulnerable groups that is in a decent condition by 2010.
The Government has also announced a new house- building programme worth more than £1.2 billion, up £365 million on the current year.
The extra funds have been allocated to the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme (ADP) and should deliver up to
21,000 affordable homes in 2003-04.
Subjects
Children; Disadvantaged; Housing; Families; Homelessness
Date
15 January 2003
Reference
88540; 397 c669-70W;397 c666-7W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to develop a housing poverty indicator to enable the development of more accurate evidence-based policies.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to develop a housing poverty indicator to enable the development of more accurate evidence-based policies.
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 December 2002
For answer on
14 January 2003
Answered on
14 January 2003
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to develop a housing poverty indicator to enable the development of
more accurate evidence- based policies. [88541]
Mrs. Roche: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Department is currently involved in a project to consider options for
strengthening and updating the Indices of Deprivation 2000 (ID 2000), including the way housing deprivation is measured. Preliminary
proposals for improving the housing domain were published in the Stage One Consultation report, which is out to consultation until
15 January 2003. These proposals include: Using the most up-to-date information including data from the 2001 Census and the 2001
English House Condition Survey to update current indicators; Investigating the possibility of adding new indicators to measure
children living in unsuitable accommodation, households lacking amenities and houses without central heating; and Considering how
the 2002 English House Condition Survey might be used to model further indicators on housing quality.
Once the consultation is over, the next step would be to draft a blue print setting out actual plans for updating the ID 2000,
taking on board consultation responses. This blue print will then be subject to an independent peer review and a further period of
consultation before the ID 2000 is updated.
Subjects
Housing; Housing stock; Poverty; Standards; Surveying; Surveys
Date
14 January 2003
Reference
88541; 397 c600W;397 c598W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that information on the placement of families in temporary accommodation is shared among statutory agencies across local authority boundaries, with particular reference to (a) housing departments, (b) education authorities, (c) social services, (d) primary...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that information on the placement of families in temporary accommodation is shared among statutory agencies across local authority boundaries, with particular reference to (a) housing departments, (b) education authorities, (c) social services, (d) primary...
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 December 2002
For answer on
9 January 2003
Answered on
9 January 2003
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that information on
the placement of families in temporary accommodation is shared among statutory agencies across local authority boundaries, with
particular reference to (a) housing departments, (b) education authorities, (c) social services, (d) primary care trusts and (e) the
National Asylum Support Service in order to ensure that such families can gain access to the services to which they are entitled.
[88545]
Mrs. Roche: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is jointly funding the Association of Local Government and the Greater London
Authority to develop a notification project which will improve systems for London boroughs to make notifications to housing, health,
social services and education authorities of families with children placed into and leaving temporary accommodation.
The Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities, issued in July 2002, was published jointly by my right hon. Friends the
Deputy Prime Minister and the Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn). The code includes general guidance about joint working between
housing authorities, social services and health authorities, and specific guidance on the importance of local authorities ensuring
that all babies and young children placed in temporary accommodation have the opportunity to receive health and environmental checks
from health visitors and other primary health care professionals.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also hosts an ad hoc Ministerial Committee on Homelessness, chaired by myself to ensure
dialogue between departments, which includes Ministers with portfolios covering housing, education, social services, health and
asylum issues.
Subjects
Families; Homelessness; Temporary accommodation
Date
9 January 2003
Reference
88545; 397 c351-2W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria are applied to give an area neighbourhood renewal status; and where such areas are located, broken down by constituency. - Includes list.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria are applied to give an area neighbourhood renewal status; and where such areas are located, broken down by constituency. - Includes list.
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 November 2002
For answer on
4 December 2002
Answered on
4 December 2002
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria are applied to give an area neighbourhood renewal status; and where such
areas are located, broken down by constituency. [84183]
Mrs. Roche: The information requested is not held broken down by constituency but the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is allocated to
local authority districts that fall within the 50 most deprived authorities on any of the six district level summary measures of the
ward level Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2000). The six measures are: Income scale--the number of people experiencing income
deprivation Employment scale--the number of people experiencing employment deprivation Local Concentration--tells us how severe
deprivation is in each authorities `hot spots' of deprivation Extent--the percentage of each district's population that live in one
of the 10 per cent. most deprived wards in England The `average scores' and `average ranks' measures are the average level of
deprivation across the entire district.
This brings in a total of 81 authorities. In addition, there are transitional arrangements in place for seven other authorities that
were among the 50 most deprived on the previous measure of deprivation, but which do not appear among the 50 most deprived
authorities on the IMD 2000.
The following lists the 88 authorities currently receiving NRF funding.
Local authorities in receipt of NRF Hackney Hastings Tower Hamlets Derwentside Newham Hyndburn Manchester Stoke-on-Trent Knowsley
North Tyneside Easington Wirral Liverpool Rotherham Middlesbrough Burnley Islington South Tyneside Hartlepool Southwark Halton
Nottingham Blackburn with Darwen Doncaster Kingston upon Hull, City of Leicester Sandwell Walsall Wear Valley Barrow-in-Furness
Redcar and Cleveland Newcastle upon Tyne Wolverhampton Sunderland Salford Haringey Barnsley Pendle Rochdale Gateshead Mansfield
Camden Great Yarmouth Wansbeck Birmingham St. Helens Oldham Stockton-on-Tees Bolsover Bradford Bolton Blackpool Sefton Preston
Greenwich Sheffield Kerrier Coventry Penwith Wakefield Derby Sedgefield Leeds Waltham Forest Barking and Dagenham Lewisham Brent
Lambeth Ashfield Allerdale Bristol, City of Wigan Plymouth Luton Kirklees Enfield Westminster Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and
Chelsea Tameside Brighton and Hove Portsmouth Dudley Southampton Ealing Croydon Lincoln Wandsworth
Subjects
Disadvantaged; Community development; Finance; Local government
Date
4 December 2002
Reference
395 c887-9W;395 c885-7W; 84183
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for Women, what estimate she has made of the number of female councillors. - Inc figure.
To ask the Minister for Women, what estimate she has made of the number of female councillors. - Inc figure.
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Minister for Women what estimate she has made of the number of female councillors. [59080]
Mrs. Roche: I have been asked to reply.
Based on their census of councillors in England and Wales, the Improvement and Development Agency and the Employers' Organisation
for Local Government estimate that, as at May 2001, there were approximately 5,900 female councillors in England and Wales.
Subjects
Councillors; Women; Staff
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
59080; 386 c967W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact that the enactment of the Relationships (Civil Registration) Bill would have on Government servants who are in long-term unmarried partnerships.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact that the enactment of the Relationships (Civil Registration) Bill would have on Government servants who are in long-term unmarried partnerships.
Asked by
Patsy Calton
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Barbara Roche
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 January 2002
For answer on
30 January 2002
Answered on
30 January 2002
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the impact that the enactment of the Relationships
(Civil Registration) Bill would have on Government servants who are in long-term unmarried partnerships. [30814]
Mrs. Roche: Civil partnership registration and associated rights and responsibilities raise a number of complex issues, which have
prompted a growing debate within society and the Government are watching this debate with interest.
These issues potentially have significant financial and administrative implications and the Government cannot commit themselves to
making any changes in these areas before undertaking a comprehensive analysis of all the implications. The Government are examining
the issues in detail.
Legislation
Relationships (Civil Registration) Bill 2001/02
Subjects
Cohabitation; Civil servants; Registration
Date
30 January 2002
Reference
30814; 379 c404W;379 c400W
House
House of Commons