In 2013-14, 15% of social renters in London were non-UK/Irish nationals.
If a tenant is not resident in the UK, we would expect a social landlord to take action to recover the property and allocate it to someone in need on the waiting list.<\/p>
<\/p>
Statutory guidance for local councils issued in 2013 will ensure that only people who have lived in the area for two years or more are able to put their name down on the housing waiting list.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4009", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Great Yarmouth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Brandon Lewis"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-20T15:59:13.797Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Rented Housing: Greater London"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of social homes in London occupied by non-UK residents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Clacton"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Douglas Carswell"} ], "uin" : "7289"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390268", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390268/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The number of Emergency Protection Orders is published as part of the Family Court Statistics Quarterly publication. Data is available from 2011 up to January to March 2015 and can be found at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> On 24 June the Prime Minister announced a new Child Protection Taskforce chaired by the Secretary of State for Education. The Prime Minister\u2019s announcement can be found online here: www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-taskforce-to-transform-child-protection<\/a>. The Taskforce will lead work to: extend and accelerate reforms to the quality of social work practice and leadership; develop better multi-agency working between children\u2019s social care, the police, health and other local services; improve local authority performance and promote innovative practice; and strengthen governance and accountability in children\u2019s social care.<\/p>"}
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Table 1: Number of offenders1<\/sup> sentenced to immediate custody for driving whilst disqualified by the number of previous immediate custody received for the same offence in England and Wales, 2005 to 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> year<\/em><\/p><\/td> Number of offenders1 <\/sup><\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> Previous immediate custody received2<\/sup><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005<\/em><\/p><\/td> 9,925 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 5,012 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006<\/em><\/p><\/td> 7,543 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 3,839 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007<\/em><\/p><\/td> 5,754 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 2,820 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/em><\/p><\/td> 4,705 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 2,109 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/em><\/p><\/td> 3,724 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 1,590 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/em><\/p><\/td> 2,652 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 1,134 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/em><\/p><\/td> 2,309 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 944 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/em><\/p><\/td> 2,030 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 807 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/em><\/p><\/td> 1,847 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 696 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/em><\/p><\/td> 1,654 <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> 638 <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Source:<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1. Figures are based on counting the number of occasions an offender was sentenced to immediate custody for driving whilst disqualified in each year. An offender can appear more than once in the totals for each year if the offender was convicted on multiple occasions in a given year.<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> |