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135W
Written Answers
26 OCTOBER 2009
Written Answers
136W
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Buildings: Energy
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State
for Communities and Local Government whether his
Department may transfer to third parties data held on
its register of the energy performance of buildings.
[294889]
John Healey: The Secretary of State may disclose
data to third parties held on its register in accordance
with part 6 of the Energy Performance of Buildings
(Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales)
Regulations 2007 as amended.
We plan to consult later this year on a strategy to
allow third parties greater access to the energy performance
of buildings data.
Common Purpose: Finance
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government with reference to
page 18 of his Department’s Resource Accounts for
2008-09, HC 449, how much his Department has paid
to Common Purpose since its establishment; and who
the young leaders being trained by Common Purpose
are. [294663]
Barbara Follett: The Department for Communities
and Local Government has funded Common Purpose a
total of £215,000 since 2007 to provide leadership training
to members of Muslim communities.
2006-07: £85,000 to provide leadership training to 40 Muslim
community leaders.
2007-08: £65,000 to deliver training to 60 emerging leaders
within the Muslim Community, with a particular focus on
women, young people and faith leaders.
2008-09: £65,000 to provide leadership training to 65 younger
members of the Muslim community, including a schools and
colleges programme.
Communities and Local Government has also spent
£20,950 on six Common Purpose training programmes
for members of CLG staff since the year 2000.
Community Development
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government if he will place in
the Library a copy of the research report associated
with his Department’s publication Evaluation of the
Take-up and Use of the Well-being Power: research
summary published in November 2008. [294553]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The research report was published
in November 2008 by the university of Birmingham
and university of the West of England, entitled ’Formative
Evaluation of the Take-up and Implementation of the
Well Being Power, 2003-07, Final Report 2007’. A copy
has been placed in the House Library.
Community Development: Finance
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State
for Communities and Local Government what method
his Department used to determine the (a) wards and
(b) local authorities to receive funding from the first
wave of its Connecting Communities programme.
[294882]
Mr. Malik: Neighbourhoods have been identified by
examining a range of hard and soft data around cohesion,
deprivation and crime, perceived unfairness in the allocation
of resources and feedback from people working locally.
Over 100 authorities have now indicated interest in
being part of Connecting Communities. The first 27
areas across 21 local authorities announced on 14 October
are those that have a good understanding of what they
want to do and are ready to start work immediately.
Discussions are continuing with another 80 local authorities
that should be ready to go live later this year.
Community Infrastructure Levy
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government what assessment
he has made of the effect on the level of usage of
section 106 agreements of the introduction of the
Community Infrastructure Levy. [294525]
Barbara Follett: As part of the Government’s consultation
on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which
was launched on 30 July 2009 and will conclude on 23
October 2009, the Government have proposed that the
facility to enter into a negotiated planning obligation
using section 106 of the 1990 Town and Country Planning
Act will remain when CIL is introduced. However, the
Government have stated their intention to make changes
to the operation of section 106 following the introduction
of CIL. Details of the Government’s proposals are set
out in chapter 5 of the CIL consultation document.
Conservation Areas
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State
for Communities and Local Government which single
conservation areas the Homes and Communities
Agency has established; and which local authority
areas each covers. [294893]
John Healey: The Homes and Communities Agency
has not established any single conservation areas. The
agency is in regular contact with organisations such as
English Nature as well as relevant local authorities to
ensure conservation aspects of proposals are considered.
Council Tax: Valuation
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government how much his
Department has spent on the collection of data on
domestic properties for the purpose of revaluing properties
for council tax; and what data sources not controlled by
his Department have been used for this revaluation.
[294549]
Barbara Follett: The postponement of the 2007 council
tax revaluation was announced in September 2005.
There has been no further work on revaluation since
that date.
With regard to the costs to central Government of
the postponed revaluation, I refer the hon. Member to
the answer given on 25 October 2005, Official Report,
column 327W, which explained that these cannot be
separately identified.