Communities and Local Government

written question – answered on 15 December 2009.

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  • Caravan Sites: Travelling People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the written ministerial statement of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 44WS, on Gypsy and Traveller...

  • Community Development: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what support his Department gives for the recruitment of community development workers.

  • Community Development: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many interfaith projects have been funded by his Department since 2005; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many...

  • Comprehensive Area Assessments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the Audit Commission has in inspecting local development plan documents as part of comprehensive area assessments.

  • Council Housing: Rents

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of local authorities have decided to reduce their level of social housing rent in 2009-10.

  • Council Tax

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations has he received from the Local Government Association's Labour Group on council tax.

  • Council Tax

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar on 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1136W, on...

  • Council Tax

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 965W, on council tax, whether he has made an estimate...

  • Council Tax: Billing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the new requirements to publish efficiency information on council tax...

  • Departmental Conferences

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) away days and (b) conferences that took place outside his Department's building attended by civil servants in his...

  • Departmental Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department in each year since 2003.

  • Departmental Public Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many funding streams relating to (a) housing, (b) regeneration and (c) social exclusion are overseen by his Department...

  • Departmental Public Relations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments (a) the Fire Service College and (b) his Department has made to ICE Ltd in each of the last five years; and to...

  • Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 275W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, if he will...

  • Fêtes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, columns 965-68W, on fetes, how many (a) forms and (b)...

  • Fire Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance documents issued by his Department to fire and rescue authorities on integrated risk management plans relate to...

  • Fire Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the recent impact assessment in respect of delays to the FiReControl projects; which fire services were...

  • Fire Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mechanism exists for the transfer of individual fire and rescue authorities control functions to regional control centres;...

  • Fire Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost of measures taken as a result of delays to the Firelink and FiReControl projects; and...

  • Floods: Cumbria

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 643W, on floods:...

  • Greenbelt

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's policy on the protection of green belt land of the decision of the...

  • Homelessness: Leeds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of people classed as homeless and in priority need are under the age of 25 years in Leeds city...

  • Homelessness: Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion and number of homeless people aged 18 years or under; (2) what estimate he...

  • Housing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 525W, on housing, how many first-time buyers...

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have responded to his Department's consultation on the Housing Revenue Account.

  • Housing Benefit: Lancashire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the incidence of housing benefit fraud in East Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.

  • Housing: Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements there are on a householder to make adjustments for the purposes of energy efficiency to a dwelling that...

  • Housing: Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department and its predecessors spent on housing in each year since 1997-98 expressed in real terms in 2009 prices.

  • Housing: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much of the £21 million for low-carbon heating systems announced in April has been spent in each region.

  • Housing: Prices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average purchase price of a first-time buyer's property was in each year since 1997.

  • Ice

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments (a) the Fire Service College and (b) his Department have made to ICE Ltd in each of the last five years; and to...

  • Litter

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers local authorities have in respect of the placing of dog refuse bins and litter bins on unadopted land.

  • Local Government: Pensions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's latest estimate is of the average level of employer contribution as a percentage of the employee's salary...

  • Local Government: Reorganisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1107W, on Atherton...

  • Local Government: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mechanisms are used to (a) collect, (b) check and (c) publish statistical data for the purposes of the (i) local...

  • Marinas: Planning Permission

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning guidance is in place in relation to building marinas on (a) protected coastline and (b) adjoining green belt land.

  • Mortgages: Repossession Orders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of households with a (a) mortgage and (b) second-charge loan which have been...

  • National Policy Statements

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which documents will have priority in cases where the contents of national policy statements differ from planning policy...

  • Non-Domestic Rates: Churches

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether church buildings which are used for purposes other than religious worship are liable for business rates.

  • Non-Domestic Rates: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, columns 974W, on non-domestic rates: Greater London, what the...

  • Non-Domestic Rates: Public Libraries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the operators of mobile libraries are liable for the payment of business rates.

  • Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage rise in rateable values for an average hereditament from the 2005 Rating List to the draft 2010 rating list...

  • Oikos Storage: Canvey Island

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum volume of fuel is which is to be stored at the Oikos terminal for the duration of BP's...

  • Ordnance Survey

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to provide support to the areas of the mapping sector not accounted for by the operations of...

  • Ordnance Survey

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the announcement of 17 November 2009 on the Making Public Data Public initiative, when he expects to begin the...

  • Planning

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many requests in each region he has received for planning applications to be called in (a) under an article 14 declaration...

  • Private Rented Housing: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the average length of private sector tenancies in each London borough; and what plans...

  • Regional Planning and Development

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by what process planning committee members are appointed to each of the development corporations.

  • Scientists

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government chief scientific adviser and (b) his Department's chief scientific adviser...

  • Sleeping Rough

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the number of rough sleepers in (a) Leeds and (b) England.

  • Sleeping Rough

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated level of rough sleeping in England was in March 2001.

  • Sleeping Rough

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the proportion and number of rough sleepers aged 25 years or under.

  • Sleeping Rough

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of individuals receiving Supporting People grants under the rough sleeper strand were aged (a)...

  • Social Rented Housing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to ensure that social tenants who move to a different local authority area retain their security...

  • Vacant Land

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tamworth of 25 November 2009, Official Report, column 184W, on vacant land:...