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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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      ], "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>"}
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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"}
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      ], "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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      ], "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>"}
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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"}
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      ], "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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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government which local authorities in England have taken part in the Weekly Collection Support Scheme; how many authorities took part in the expression of interest process; which have subsequently received financial support, and how much; and of those, which have reinstated weekly collections of general (\u201cgrey\u201d or \u201cresidual\u201d) waste, which have used the support to collect food waste separately, and which have used it in other ways.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101535/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. I refer my Hon Friend to the answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 535-36W, which provides a comprehensive answer on how there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and places in context the policy of the last Administration which actively encouraged cuts to street lighting.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. There may be some roads where lights could be dimmed in the very early hours, saving taxpayers\u2019 money. However, this should be a local decision by elected local councillors, reflecting local circumstances-specially in relation to any concerns about crime. Equally, not every neighbourhood wants street lighting, as some communities, especially in rural areas, value dark skies.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">We believe that councils should listen to the views of their local residents, and then adopt appropriate local policies based on the neighbourhood, the precise location and the usage of the road/street. I previously noted that \u201cManual for Streets\u201d contains some useful guidance on getting the balance right when providing street lighting, taking into account the different issues around safety, crime prevention, street clutter and light pollution. Ultimately, there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and any assessment will depend on local circumstances and local views.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">Notwithstanding, I would observe that Her Majesty\u2019s Opposition seem to have a short memory about their actions on cutting street lighting when they were in office:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) (now Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) when Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, his Department and its quangos lectured local councils to switch off or reduce street lighting to minimise carbon emissions. For example, in 2007, he personally launched the Carbon Trust Standard, which was tied to an extensive programme to reduce street lighting as part of the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme. As DEFRA Ministers told the House:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cAll authorities should be seeking to reduce energy usage both to cut costs and to help combat climate change. As street lighting accounts for a significant proportion of the energy used by authorities, it should be readily identified as an area that should be examined for potential efficiency savings\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(6 November 2006, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 709W).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Transport<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The Minister of State for Transport, the noble Lord Adonis (now a Shadow Treasury Minister) when asked about reducing the hours of operation of street lighting, noted that<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cthe Government also support the Carbon Trust\u2019s local authority carbon management programme, which provides councils with support and guidance to help them realise carbon emissions savings from street lighting\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(17 December 2008, <em>Official Report<\/em>, <em>House of Lords<\/em>, column WA52). Transport Ministers also endorsed the Highways Agency\u2019s<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u2018Efficiency Strategy for Road Lighting\u2019 which led to switching off motorway lighting at night (21 April 2008,<\/del><\/p><p><br /><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Official Report, <\/em>column 1444W; Highways Agency<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cEfficiency Strategy for Road Lighting Midnight Switch Off for Motorway Lighting\u201d, 2009).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Communities and Local Government<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) (now Shadow Home Secretary), when as Minister in the precursor Department to DCLG, noted there was nuanced debate on the extent of street lighting:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cWe all recognise the fact that there is a series of tensions around light pollution. People in the cities will never have the same view of the night sky as one can get in the middle of Dartmoor... There can be tensions too at neighbourhood level between the security-obsessed householder who has glaring white security lights stuck to every corner of the house, which flicker on every time a little bird flies past or the cat runs across the garden, and the neighbour who... has a telescope and cannot see across the garden, let alone into the skies\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(12 February 2004, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 510WH).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department <\/em><em>of<\/em><em> Energy and Climate Change<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">In 2008, the right hon. Member for Leeds East (Hilary Benn) also personally launched the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which resulted in councils cutting carbon emissions from street lighting, including dimming or switching off lights. The Highway Agency\u2019s \u201cEnergy Strategy for Roadside Equipment\u201d (April 2010) explained that the approach of \u201cdimming, trimming and partial night lighting\u201d was a consequence of the requirements to meet the Carbon Reduction Commitment. As DECC Ministers said to the House:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cDECC is working to include street lighting in the Carbon Reduction Commitment. This will provide an incentive for local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of street lights. DECC is working closely with Communities and Local Government to develop the policy, in so far as it relates to local authorities\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(19 June 2009, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 515W). Of course, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change at that time was the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) now Leader of HM Opposition.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">I hope this illuminates the historical fogginess of the Labour party\u2019s current campaign on municipal street lighting. I would suggest the last person out of Labour HQ tonight should turn off the lights.<\/del><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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