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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/891374/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy we have been working urgently to identify any other buildings over 18 metres with potentially unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. With the support of local authorities, fire and rescue services and the expert panel, MHCLG is supporting building owners to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of residents. Homes England is also reviewing the implications where homes may have been purchased with the support of Help to Buy Equity Loan.<\/del><\/p><p><strong><ins class=\"ministerial\">The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year we published a study on \u201cThe Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England in 2016-17\u201d. This found that last year Section 106 obligations with estimated value of £5.1 billion had been levied. This included affordable housing contributions worth an estimated £4 billion. £75 million of this was delivered through commuted sums, and the remainder was delivered in-kind.<\/ins><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><ins class=\"ministerial\">Excluding affordable housing and land, s106 obligations to the value of £613.1 million were levied in direct contributions, and obligations to the value of £72.1 million were levied in in kind contributions.<\/ins><\/strong><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value was of planning obligations agreed to in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of that value was attributed to (a) direct payments, (b) affordable housing and (c) other types of contributions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/861066/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is set out in the table below.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"> <\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Leasehold<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Freehold<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MOTO*<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>TOTAL<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MHCLG (All incl Housing England Regeneration)<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>0.9<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>1949<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>98.3<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>28<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>1.4<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>1982<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MHCLG (All excl Housing England Regeneration)<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>17<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>34.0<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>10.0<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>28<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>56.0<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><strong>50<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Property holdings<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Leasehold<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Freehold<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MOTO*<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>%<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MHCLG (incl Homes England regeneration)<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">91<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">1.5<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">6,132<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">98.0<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">31<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">0.5<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">6,254<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>MHCLG (excl Homes England regeneration)<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">17<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">32.1<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">5<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">9.4<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">31<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">58.5<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">53<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>*Memorandum of Terms of Occupation<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of his Department's estate is (a) rented, (b) owned and (c) occupied through any other type of agreement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706664/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are now considering carefully the unitary proposal on which the nine Dorset councils have been working, and which six of those councils have formally submitted, together with all the representations we have received to date, including the material submitted by East Dorset District Council under cover of a letter of 21 February from the Council Leader and by Christchurch Borough Council under cover of a letter of 22 February from the Council's Acting Leader<ins class=\"ministerial\">,<\/ins><ins class=\"ministerial\"> and from Purbeck District Council under cover of an email of 3 March from the Chief Executive<\/ins>.<\/p><p>Our intention is to reach and announce an initial decision as to how we are minded to proceed as soon as practicable. Once we have announced our initial decision, there will still be an opportunity for those interested to submit further representations, including any additional material which East Dorset District Council<ins class=\"ministerial\">,<\/ins> <del class=\"ministerial\">or<\/del> Christchurch Borough Council<ins class=\"ministerial\">, or Purbeck District Council<\/ins> wishes to submit, before we take our final decision.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4024", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 1 March 2017 to Question 65075, what evidence he will have before him on the opinions and counter-proposals of the three councils which do not support the proposal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 64857, on Local Government: Dorset, what the latest date will be that alternative proposals can be submitted to be considered as part of his initial decision alongside the proposal on local government reorganisation submitted by six Dorset councils on 9 February 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/694197/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Office for National Statistics annually publish Civil Service employment statistics which includes a breakdown of the Department's officials split by ethnicity, gender, and disability status. <del class=\"ministerial\">This information<\/del> <ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>Information on the Department's Senior Civil Servants (SCS) split by gender <\/strong><\/ins>can be found <ins class=\"ministerial\">in Table 22 of the annual statistical bulletin<\/ins> on the Office for National Statistics website<ins class=\"ministerial\">. Please note all published figures are rounded up to the nearest 10<\/ins>:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics<\/a><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"><strong>The proportion of SCS that were disabled at the same date was 6.6 per cent (less than 10 staff); and the proportion of SCS from a BAME background was 5.1 per cent (less than 10 staff).<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><p>Information about the socio-economic background of staff in my department is not held centrally and is therefore not available.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of senior civil servants of his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/449771/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">In March 2015 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracted with the Department for a £300 million recyclable financial investment to accelerate delivery of up to 15,000 homes over 10 years. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority are aware that, in light of this contract, it will not be possible for bids from the Manchester area to be accepted for other central government housing investment programmes.<\/del><\/p><p><br /><ins class=\"ministerial\">A £3 billion housing financial transaction programme is available over the over the next five years to support small builders and get infrastructure on large sites, this is in addition to the £300 million Manchester Housing Investment Fund. The Spending Review made £2.3 billion available to support the preparation of up to 60,000 Starter Homes by 2020. This includes £1.2 billion to prepare more brownfield land for starter homes. Further details about the use of this funding will be announced shortly. Bids from Greater Manchester will be eligible to apply for these funds in the normal way.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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        ]}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Derelict Land: Greater Manchester"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide brownfield gap funding to bring brownfield land in Greater Manchester back into use for homes and business.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim McMahon"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Oldham West and Royton"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim McMahon"}
      ], "uin" : "25468"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228780", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228780/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.<\/del><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class=\"ministerial\">South East,<\/del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>England<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">South East<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>Surrey<\/p><\/td><td><p>Elmbridge<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">£m<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>965<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">123<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,083<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">157<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>14<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,578<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">224<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>17<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,660<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">426<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>34<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,737<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">565<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>46<\/p><\/td><td><p>6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,612<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">424<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>45<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,029<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">363<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>37<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,921<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">375<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>45<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,577<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">269<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>47<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><br /><ins class=\"ministerial\"> <\/ins><\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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        , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228780/answer/previousversion/52898", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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        ]}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Affordable Housing: South East"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to invest in affordable housing in the South East of England between 2015 and 2020; and how many affordable homes he forecasts will be built in that region in that period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4007", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dominic Raab"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Esher and Walton"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Dominic Raab"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228781", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228781/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><del class=\"ministerial\">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.<\/del><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class=\"ministerial\">South East,<\/del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>England<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">South East<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>Surrey<\/p><\/td><td><p>Elmbridge<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">£m<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>965<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">123<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,083<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">157<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>14<\/p><\/td><td><p>1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,578<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">224<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>17<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,660<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">426<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>34<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,737<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">565<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>46<\/p><\/td><td><p>6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,612<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">424<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>45<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,029<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">363<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>37<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,921<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">375<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>45<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,577<\/p><\/td><td><p><del class=\"ministerial\">269<\/del><\/p><\/td><td><p>47<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"> <\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\"> <\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228781/answer/previousversion/52972", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"}
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          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has spent on affordable housing in (a) England, (b) the South East, (c) Surrey and (d) Elmbridge in each year since 2005.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4007", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dominic Raab"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Dominic Raab"}
      ], "uin" : "228549"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176040", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176040/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There was no explicit integration programme in 2010/11. However, the following projects and activities received funding in 2010-11:<br /><br /><br /><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contextualising Islam<\/p><\/td><td><p>£65,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cornish Language<\/p><\/td><td><p>£150,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Faith-based Regeneration Network<\/p><\/td><td><p>£130,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Holocaust Memorial Day<\/p><\/td><td><p>£750,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>INFORM<\/p><\/td><td><p>£140,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Inter Faith Network<\/p><\/td><td><p>£<ins class=\"ministerial\">327<\/ins><del class=\"ministerial\">535<\/del>,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Inter Faith Week<\/ins><\/p><\/td><td><p><ins class=\"ministerial\">£76,000<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>National Citizens Service - Young Advisers<\/p><\/td><td><p>£133,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>National Community Tensions Team<\/p><\/td><td><p>£96,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Post-Holocaust Issues Envoy<\/p><\/td><td><p>£20,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><br />None of the other projects listed in the previous answer received funding that year.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Williams"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Williams"}
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        , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176040/answer/previousversion/42216", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Williams"}
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          , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Williams"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Community Relations"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what funding was provided in financial year 2010-11 for the integration projects and activities listed in the Answer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1583", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Ham"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lyn Brown"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In March 2012, my Department received initial expressions of interest from 151 lead local authorities, which resulted in bids from 113 local authorities. Some local authorities submitted multiple expressions of interest which were consolidated before final bid stage. The final bids were then assessed in line with the published criteria, and recipients then awarded funding.<\/p><p>A detailed table listing the schemes that are being supported is attached and on my Department\u2019s website.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>It may be helpful to the noble Lord to outline what this Government has delivered since 2010:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice; the answer of 14 May 2014, <em>Official Report<\/em>, House of Commons 646W, outlined how 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling. This best practice was directly informed by the Weekly Collections Support Scheme;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement); the winning bids for a further Recycling Rewards Scheme for 2015-16 will be announced shortly;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (\u201cWaste Management: The Strategic Challenge and Waste Management Quick Guide\u201d);<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a \u201cvalid efficiency\u201d and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a \u201ccashable efficiency gain\u201d;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the \u201ceco-standards\u201d;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal \u2018backdoor bin charging\u2019 on households bins;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Stopped funding the \u2018Waste Improvement Network\u2019 which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from bin inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families\u2019 bins;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Changed building regulations and planning guidance to tackle \u2018bin blight\u2019, and worked with the NHBC Foundation to produce new best practice guidance for house builders;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Without our active support, Ministers are clear that weekly collections would have disappeared across England. This Government\u2019s approach can be contrasted with the devolved Labour-led Administration in Wales, where fortnightly bin collections are official policy, and pilots of monthly bin collections are being actively encouraged.<\/p>"}
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          , "title" : "List of Supported Schemes"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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