"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member constituency","answer > answering member printed","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answer > uri","answer > previous answer version > answering member constituency","answer > previous answer version > answering member printed","answer > previous answer version > uri","answer > previous answer version > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member constituency","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/18743","Department for Communities and Local Government","false","2014-04-28","
[Holding Reply: Thursday 7 November 2013]
The figures for affordable housing are as follows for the London Borough of Harrow area:
2008-09 | £22 million |
2009-10 | £45 million |
2010-11 | £26 million |
2011-12 | £15 million |
2012-13 | £13 million |
Since April 2012, allocations from the Affordable Housing Programme have been overseen by the Greater London Authority rather than the Homes and Communities Agency. There have been no specific allocations on empty homes over this period.
As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer of 7 January 2013, Official Report, Column 121W, I would note that the new Affordable Rent model now allows for more affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and lever in more private investment.
As the National Audit Office has observed: “The Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “The Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector; introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).
I also note that the Mayor's proposed Housing Strategy states: “£1.8 billion of public funding has been secured by the Mayor which will unlock an estimated additional £3.7 billion of other investment for London to enable 55,000 affordable homes to be delivered between 2011-15” (Mayor of London, “The Revised London Housing Strategy”, December2011, p.35).
Across England, 170,000 affordable homes have been delivered so far since April 2010, and a total of £19.5 billion of public and private investment is being spent on affordable housing over the current Spending Review period.
","Keighley","Kris Hopkins","2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/18743/answer","Biography information for Kris Hopkins","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/18743/answer",,,,,"7",,,"2013-11-04",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was allocated from Homes and Community Agency to (a) develop new affordable housing and (b) bring empty homes back into use in Harrow in each of the last five years.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","174351" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43882","Department for Work and Pensions","false","2014-03-24","
Please see the table below showing the percentage of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) new claims, for Normal Rules (NR), that took longer than 40 days to process. Claims not yet processed within 40 days, include cases where we are awaiting additional information from the claimant and/or medical evidence.
| 2012/13 |
Volume of Claims Cleared | 402,861 |
Volume of claims cleared after 40 working days | 89,678 |
% of DLA New Claims (NR) | 22.3% |
Prior to 2012/13 the measure reported against was an Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT). This is the cumulative clearance days divided by the number of cleared events within the reporting period.
Please see the table below for 2010/11 and 2011/12:
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
Volume of Claims Cleared | 431,572 | 412,556 |
AACT (Level 37.7 days) | 30.3 | 27.2 |
Notes:
The reported figure only relates to DLA (NR) new claims. NR claims are those where the claimant is not terminally ill and the normal rules of entitlement therefore apply.
The figures above cover the period from 1st April to 31st March and shows the national position including working age and child claimants.
The AACT level (37.7 days) shown in the above table is a measure based on a prior year's performance.
We have not provided data for 2013/14 due to not having a full financial year available at this time.
Source:
Source: Department for Work and Pensions – RDA 80123 report - DLA Management Information Statistics
","Hemel Hempstead","Mike Penning","2014-03-24T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43882/answer","Biography information for Sir Mike Penning","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43882/answer",,,,,"29","Work and Pensions","Work and Pensions","2014-03-18",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance claims took longer than 40 days to process in each of the last three years for which data is available.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","192527" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43918","Department for Work and Pensions","false","2014-03-24","
As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times.
","Hemel Hempstead","Mike Penning","2014-03-24T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43918/answer","Biography information for Sir Mike Penning","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/43918/answer",,,,,"29","Work and Pensions","Work and Pensions","2014-03-18",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","192751" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45098","Home Office","false","2014-04-28","
Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to
examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report
once it is completed.
","Old Bexley and Sidcup","James Brokenshire","2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45098/answer","Biography information for James Brokenshire","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45098/answer","Old Bexley and Sidcup","James Brokenshire","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45098/answer/previousversion/3802","Biography information for James Brokenshire","1","Home Office","Home Office","2014-03-25",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","193695" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45165","Cabinet Office","false","2014-03-31","
This Government's procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimum combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project.
The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 requires commissioners to consider the economic, environmental and social benefits of their approaches to procurement before the process starts, at the pre-procurement stage.
Wider socio-economic criteria can be taken into account at tender evaluation stage if they relate directly to the subject matter of a contract from the point of view of the contracting authority.
","Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner","Mr Nick Hurd","2014-03-31T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45165/answer","Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/45165/answer",,,,,"53","Cabinet Office","Cabinet Office","2014-03-26",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to encourage the Government Procurement Service to adopt (a) UN Global Compact and (b) ILO standards; and if he will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","193994" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50552","Home Office","false","2014-05-14","
It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
","Lewes","Norman Baker","2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50552/answer","Biography information for Norman Baker","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50552/answer",,,,,"1","Home Office","Home Office","2014-05-12","Domestic Violence","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revise guidelines for the Metropolitan Police on whether domestic violence cases should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service before prosecutions can be initiated by the police; and if she will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","198445" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50634","Ministry of Defence","false","2014-05-14","
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
","Broxtowe","Anna Soubry","2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50634/answer","Biography information for Anna Soubry","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50634/answer",,,,,"11","Defence","Defence","2014-05-13",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials of his Department are working on the Sir John Holmes' independent medal review; and if he will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","198473" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50635","Ministry of Defence","false","2014-05-14","
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
","Broxtowe","Anna Soubry","2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50635/answer","Biography information for Anna Soubry","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50635/answer",,,,,"11","Defence","Defence","2014-05-13",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the terms of reference of the Sir John Holmes' independent medal review; and if he will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","198474" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50636","Ministry of Defence","false","2014-05-14","It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation
","Broxtowe","Anna Soubry","2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50636/answer","Biography information for Anna Soubry","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50636/answer",,,,,"11","Defence","Defence","2014-05-13",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of bomber aircrew personnel who flew missions from North Africa, Italy and the Far East during the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","198475" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50637","Ministry of Defence","false","2014-05-14","
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
","Broxtowe","Anna Soubry","2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50637/answer","Biography information for Anna Soubry","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50637/answer",,,,,"11","Defence","Defence","2014-05-13",,"1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Sir John Holmes independent medal review began; when the review is due to be completed; whether any preliminary reports (a) have been published and (b) are due to be published; and if he will make a statement.","false","Biography information for Gareth Thomas","Harrow West","Mr Gareth Thomas","198476"