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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of (a) the performance of the Devonport Regeneration Company and (b) its compliance with Government guidelines in staff employment and the allocation of funds; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Gary Streeter (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

142703; 415 c747-8W;415 c748W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal for Communities since 1998 in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands on (i) reducing crime, (ii) creating jobs and (iii) raising standards in education.

Asked by

Lord McLoughlin (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 November 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal for Communities since 1998 in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands on (i) reducing crime, (ii) creating jobs and (iii) raising standards in education. [141434] Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply. There are no New Deal for Communities (NDC) Partnerships in West Derbyshire so there is no direct benefit to West Derbyshire from New Deal for Communities programme. In the East Midlands, there are three NDC Partnerships, in Leicester (Braunstone), Derby (Derwent) and Nottingham (Radford and Hyson Green). The NDC programme is scrutinised and reviewed using two, complementary and linked streams of work: a performance management system, which drives annual and mid-year reviews, lead by the Government Offices for the Regions the NDC National Evaluation, providing external assessment at partnership, programme and theme level, lead by Sheffield Hallam University. The performance management system was introduced in 2003 and used for the first time for the 2002-03 annual reviews. Partnerships reviewed their own performance and the results that they are starting to achieve. The evidence provided in these reviews by the NDC Partnerships show that Partnerships in the East Midlands are beginning to make an impact in reducing crime, creating jobs and raising standards in education. For example: In Nottingham the NDC has recruited and trained local residents to act as teaching assistants; In the Derby NDC area, GCSE results are up 30 per cent. in the first two years of the programme; In Braunstone, Leicester, unemployment has fallen from 12.6 per cent. to 8.5 per cent.; Nottingham NDC's achievements on reducing crime include target hardening, street lighting, extra policing and Neighbourhood Wardens; In the Braunstone area of Leicester, Burglary has fallen by 20 per cent. and vehicle crime by 16 per cent. Data from the national NDC evaluation about the progress NDC Partnerships are making towards achieving their outcome targets, is now beginning to come through. An overview of the latest position was recently published in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Research Report 7 "New Deal for Communities: The National Evaluation: Annual Report 2002/03". Copies are available in the Library of the House.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

141434; 415 c324W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1291W;413 c1287W; 114111

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it. - Inc...

Asked by

Lord Flight (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 November 2003

For answer on

20 November 2003

Answered on

20 November 2003

Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it. [137965] Yvette Cooper: Key performance targets for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are agreed as part of the Spending Review and the latest set were published in Spending Review 2002: Public Service Agreements 2003-06 (Cm 5571). The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister monitors progress towards the target along with HM Treasury and PMDU and progress is reported regularly. Ministers set the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's executive agencies' key targets for 2003-04. These either were or will be announced to Parliament through written ministerial statements--details are as set out as follows. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister regularly monitors performance against each agency's targets. All of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's agencies publish an Annual Report and Accounts at the end of the financial year, which report on their performance against their targets. I refer the hon. Member to the statements on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's agencies' targets as given on: 13 March 2003, Official Report, column 26WS: The Rent Service 11 April 2003, Official Report, columns 35-36WS: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 11 June 2003, Official Report, columns 47-48WS: Planning Inspectorate The Fire Service College's targets are expected to be announced shortly. In addition, while Ordnance Survey is a department in its own right, with executive agency status, it reports to the Ministers of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The statement on its targets for 2003-04 was given on 11 April 2003, Official Report, column 35WS. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister sponsors nine executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs); the Audit Commission, English Partnerships, four Housing Action Trusts (Castle Vale, Liverpool, Stonebridge and Tower Hamlets), the Housing Corporation, the Standards Board for England and Thurrock Urban Development Corporation. Performance targets for executive NDPBs sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, including outputs to be achieved, are agreed by Ministers and set out in the published business or corporate plan of the NDPB. Copies of plans are available from the relevant body. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister monitors performance against these targets and progress is discussed with Ministers. The outputs and achievements of each executive NDPB are set out in its annual report, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister sponsors seven advisory NDPBs; the Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils, the Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate, the Building Regulations Advisory Committee, the Community Forum, the Property Advisory Group, the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England and Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales. No performance targets are set for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's advisory NDPBs. Each advisory body normally sets its own programme of work for each year within its remit to advise Ministers on the particular policy area and agrees this with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. No formal monitoring of performance takes place for these advisory bodies but outputs are set out in each body's annual report.

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

137965; 413 c1300-1W;413 c1296-7W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that achievements of Neighbourhood Warden schemes are recognised by means of awards. (Failed OPQ). - Inc fact that an award scheme is already in operation, details of award winners in Library.

Asked by

Rob Marris (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

139320; 413 c1075W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost was of (a) setting, (b) monitoring and (c) measuring the performance targets for his Department in 2002-03; and how many and what grades of civil servants monitor these targets. - Inc no figures.

Asked by

Lord Flight (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

137949; 413 c1085W

House

House of Commons

Written Statement on improving standards of temporary accommodation for homeless households

Written Statement on improving standards of temporary accommodation for homeless households.

Member

Yvette Cooper (Labour)

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written statements

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c26WS

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary's statement of 29th October 2003 412 c126WH, on what basis his Department estimates that 25,000 households are statutorily overcrowded; pursuant to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary's statement of 29th October, Official Report, column 126WH, if he will provide a regional breakdown...

Asked by

Baroness King of Bow (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 November 2003

Reference

413 c389-90W; 137905;137906

House

House of Commons

Written Statement announcing the start of the public consultation period for planning policy statement 22 (PPS22) on renewable energy projects

Written Statement announcing the start of the public consultation period for planning policy statement 22 (PPS22) on renewable energy projects.

Member

Yvette Cooper (Labour)

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written statements

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

412 c32-3WS

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on housing and overcrowding

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on housing and overcrowding.

Lead member

Sally Keeble

Answering member

Yvette Cooper

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

29 October 2003

Reference

412 c105-28WH

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish the Ordnance Survey Framework Document.

Asked by

Andrew Bennett (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

133861; 411 c720W;411 c725W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the calculations, indicators and assessments for each Neighbourhood Renewal Fund authority which led to the identification of 26 such authorities for additional residual NRF support. - Inc fact that a copy is available in Library (Dep 03/2246).

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

411 c720W;411 c725W; 132751

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if the Government will (a) adopt minimum standards for design for public buildings in the UK and (b) give priority to buildings of higher quality and that will offer long-term value to the community.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 September 2003

Reference

128642; 410 c421W;410 c461W

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on housing conditions in Easington

Adjournment debate on housing conditions in Easington.

Lead member

John Cummings

Answering member

Yvette Cooper

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

9 September 2003

Reference

410 c303-10

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much correspondence was received by (a) ministers in his Department and (b) chief executives of agencies from honourable Members in 2002; what the target times for replies were; and how many replies were sent within target times. - Ref to 15 May 2003,...

Asked by

Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 July 2003

Reference

120871; 409 c358W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, What assessment he has made of the work of the South-East of England Development Agency on regeneration; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Jane Griffiths (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 July 2003

Reference

125871; 409 c356W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what targets his Department has for improving energy efficiency; and how he intends to achieve these targets.

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 June 2003

Reference

116642; 407 c849W;407 c853W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Department has taken to publicise its Public Service Agreement targets; and at what cost to public funds.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 June 2003

Reference

114457; 407 c851-2W;407 c855-6W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list (a) improvements in pedestrian and cycling facilities, (b) traffic reduction and calming measures and (c) other local transport schemes which have been pursued as part of (i) Local Strategic Partnerships, (ii) the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and (iii) the New Deal...

Asked by

Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 June 2003

For answer on

20 June 2003

Answered on

20 June 2003

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list (a) improvements in pedestrian and cycling facilities, (b) traffic reduction and calming measures and (c) other local transport schemes which have been pursued as part of (i) Local Strategic Partnerships, (ii) the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and (iii) the New Deal for Communities projects, including in each case details of (A) expenditure allocated by his Department and (B) the total cost of the project, broken down by region. [119135] Yvette Cooper: The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (2001) sets out the vision of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for narrowing the gap between the most deprived areas and the rest of the country on the key domains of crime, health, education and skills, worklessness, and housing and the physical environment. An important element in delivering the strategy is the introduction of floor targets under SR2000. These are National Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets that set a floor or minimum standard so that Whitehall Departments are judged for the first time on the areas they are doing worse rather than on the national average. Under SR2002, Department for Transport (DfT) have signed up to a PSA target on road safety with a floor component: Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain in road accidents by 40 per cent., and the number of children killed or seriously injured by 50 per cent., by 2010 compared with the average for 1994-98, tackling the significantly higher incidence in disadvantaged communities. The Neighbourhood Renewal Unit has been working closely with the DfT on its proposals for tackling road accident casualties in deprived areas. DfT is targeting £17.6 million to those deprived areas with a high number of child pedestrian casualties. Several of these are in Greater Manchester and around. Local authorities will be expected to draw up local strategies to tackle the problem and obtain results in three years. Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) and the police will have a stake locally. In these areas, LSPs will play a key role in drawing together all the key agencies from both from the public and voluntary, community and business sectors to deliver decisions and actions that join up partners' activities. The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) could be used to support some of the less `roads' oriented work. NRF and LSPs The Spending Review 2000 made available £900 million for NRF (£200 million in 2001-02, £300 million in 2002-03 and £400 million in 2003-04), and an additional £975 million was made available as part of the Spending Review 2002 (£450 million in 2004-05 and £525 million in 2005-06). NRF can be spent in any way that tackles deprivation in the most deprived neighbourhoods, particularly, but not exclusively, in relation to floor targets and to local targets set out in the Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy (LNRS) agreed by each of the 87 LSPs (Kerrier and Penwith work together as the west Cornwall LSP). NRF spending plans are therefore determined locally, and the NRF can be used to support not only local authority services, but also those of other organisations, including other members of the LSP. NRF is used primarily to facilitate the bending of mainstream resources to tackle deprivation in the most deprived areas. Various innovative local transport schemes have been pursued across England as part of the NRF: from a total NRF allocation of £722,708 for 2002-03, Ashfield local authority has spent £87,220 on access to services and facilities improvement. Two buses have been acquired to link isolated parts of the district council; in the north-east, Stockton-on-Tees local authority, from a total NRF allocation of £2,889,153 for 2002-03, has an estimated spend of £28,877 towards an initiative in the Queens Park ward, which has provided greater access for the disabled and disadvantaged through alternatives to public transport. In Wear Valley, £34,000 has been spent on demand responsive community transport for health; in the north-west, Wirral local authority has spent £110,000 from a total NRF allocation of £3,806,394 for 2002-03 on a Heritage Skills and Community Transport programme, creating a base for social enterprise that will provide training in construction, driving and mechanical skills for people from priority areas; and Islington local authority in London, from a total NRF allocation of £4,702,515 for 2002-03, has spent £42,500 providing safe, accessible and sustainable transport linking people to services. Some LSPs have identified access and transport related priority themes when developing their Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies (LNRS). For example: Hackney LNRS has a transport Action Plan to: combat congestion on local roads to reduce pollution and minimise accidents; make streets healthy and safe for pedestrians and cyclists to enable them to travel easily around the borough; and combat social exclusion by enhancing public transport provision and opportunities and ensuring transport is strategically linked to regeneration and employment. Bolton LNRS--The LSP has been responsible for negotiating an LPSA to reduce the numbers killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (excluding motorway network). Derby LNRS--has a physical environment cross- cutting theme which seeks to address traffic and transport, urban design and neighbourhood character, open space and recreation, land uses and development sites, environmental improvements. Easington LNRS--as part of their environmental strategic priority theme, seeks: increased use of public transport; increased visitor numbers to the coast; re-establishment of rail station facilities; number of linked bus services established; increased number of routes established; increase in per cent. of children walking to school; and reduction in traffic congestion around schools. New Deal for Communities New Deal for Communities (NDC) supports inclusive neighbourhood partnerships, which identify the priority needs of their area and develop appropriate regeneration strategies. We do not hold data centrally about how much NDC funding is allocated to transport projects in each region. The specific problems of each NDC neighbourhood are unique, but each NDC partnership looks for outcomes that make a real impact on the people living in their neighbourhood, by tackling five key themes: poor job prospects; high levels of crime; educational under-achievement; poor health; and problems with housing and the physical environment. As each NDC neighbourhood has different needs, some but not all NDC Partnerships have specific transport projects. One example of such a project is the Shoreditch NDC Partnership, which launched a project called the Shoreditch Hoppa, which is a new local bus serving the NDC neighbourhood. This project has been so successful that it has been mainstreamed by Transport for London.

Date

20 June 2003

Reference

407 c525-7W;407 c527-9W; 119135

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Castle Point families were housed in bed and breakfasts (a) in each of the last five years for which figures exist and (b) on 1st April. - Includes tables.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 June 2003

For answer on

19 June 2003

Answered on

19 June 2003

Bob Spink: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Castle Point families were housed in bed and breakfasts (a) in each of the last five years for which figures exist and (b) on 1 April 2003. [117996] Yvette Cooper: Information reported by Castle Point District Council to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the numbers of homeless households housed by the authority in bed and breakfast (including any hotel annexe accommodation where some or all basic facilities are shared) is as follows: Castle Point DC: Homeless households in bed and breakfast at end of quarter _________________________________________________________________________________________________. March June September December 1997 14 0 12 6 1998 10 3 1 6 1999 n/r 46 34 n/r 2000 41 18 32 22 2001 n/r 12 10 n/r 2002 20 22 17 n/r 2003 6 -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/r = not reported. Note: Figures include households accommodated pending completion of inquiries by the local authority. Source: ODPM P1(E) housing returns (quarterly) Last year the Government announced a new commitment to ensure that by March 2004 no family with children will be placed in bed and breakfast accommodation other than in an emergency, and even then for no more than six weeks. Corresponding information has been collected since March 2002, as part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's monitoring of authorities' progress towards this target. Castle Point DC: Homeless households with dependent children or an expectant mother in bed and breakfast at end of month _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Of which: resident more than six weeks 2000 March 16 not collected June 18 not collected September 15 not collected October 16 15 November 17 n/r December 19 15 2003 January 23 19 February 19 16 March 6 3 April 10 2 May 12 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: ODPM quarterly P1E returns; monthly monitoring returns (since October)

Date

19 June 2003

Reference

117996; 407 c416-7W;407 c418-9W

House

House of Commons

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