To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the performance of the Tenant Services Authority against its objectives since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the performance of the Tenant Services Authority against its objectives since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has allocated in respect of the Decent Homes programme in 2009-10; and what funding he intends to allocate in 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has allocated in respect of the Decent Homes programme in 2009-10; and what funding he intends to allocate in 2010-11.

Yesterday, the Government published their "Low Carbon Transition Plan". To respond to the challenge of climate change, we need to become a low-carbon country, achieving an 80 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We must also meet the challenge to build more homes, so that everyone has...

Yesterday, the Government published their "Low Carbon Transition Plan". To respond to the challenge of climate change, we need to become a low-carbon country, achieving an 80 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We must also meet the challenge to build more homes, so that everyone has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to change his planned expenditure on the Decent Homes programme for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to change his planned expenditure on the Decent Homes programme for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of regulating local authorities was in the last 12 month period for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of regulating local authorities was in the last 12 month period for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) central Government of reporting performance information to central Government in the last 12 months; and what the average cost to local authorities in England was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) central Government of reporting performance information to central Government in the last 12 months; and what the average cost to local authorities in England was...

On 8 May 2008 we introduced through the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085) the new, devolved conduct regime for local authority members, in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing with allegations of misconduct by members is largely for each council's independently chaired standards committee with the...

On 8 May 2008 we introduced through the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085) the new, devolved conduct regime for local authority members, in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing with allegations of misconduct by members is largely for each council's independently chaired standards committee with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps her Department has taken to monitor the performance of local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps her Department has taken to monitor the performance of local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) support, (b) advice and (c) training her Department makes available to local authority monitoring officers on the discharge of their duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) support, (b) advice and (c) training her Department makes available to local authority monitoring officers on the discharge of their duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many reports the monitoring officer in each local authority has made in each of the last five years; in respect of which authority each report was made, and on what date; and what steps her Department took in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many reports the monitoring officer in each local authority has made in each of the last five years; in respect of which authority each report was made, and on what date; and what steps her Department took in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate she has made of the direct and indirect costs of local government inspection to (a) local and (b) central government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate she has made of the direct and indirect costs of local government inspection to (a) local and (b) central government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 877W, on corporate improvement boards, what Audit Commission Use of Resources score each local authority received in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; which local authorities have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 877W, on corporate improvement boards, what Audit Commission Use of Resources score each local authority received in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; which local authorities have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities in England are in receipt of support from Corporate Improvement Boards; and how many such Boards include members employed by (a) the Audit Commission, (b) the regional government office, (c) the improvement and development agency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities in England are in receipt of support from Corporate Improvement Boards; and how many such Boards include members employed by (a) the Audit Commission, (b) the regional government office, (c) the improvement and development agency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding regional improvement and efficiency partnerships have allocated to the development of the Equality Standard for Local Government in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding regional improvement and efficiency partnerships have allocated to the development of the Equality Standard for Local Government in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role her Department had in the drafting of the Equality Standard for Local Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role her Department had in the drafting of the Equality Standard for Local Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons it was decided to replace comprehensive performance assessment with comprehensive area assessment in respect of local government with effect from 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons it was decided to replace comprehensive performance assessment with comprehensive area assessment in respect of local government with effect from 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have adopted National Indicator 116.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have adopted National Indicator 116.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of comprehensive performance assessments to (a) local authorities and (b) the Audit Commission in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of comprehensive performance assessments to (a) local authorities and (b) the Audit Commission in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of conducting comprehensive performance assessments has been each year since the assessments were introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of conducting comprehensive performance assessments has been each year since the assessments were introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people have been employed to work on comprehensive performance assessments in each year since the assessments were introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people have been employed to work on comprehensive performance assessments in each year since the assessments were introduced.