Housing (Hansard, 31 March 2004)

§ Mr. Love
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he intends to publish a full analysis of the responses to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions".[164652]

§ Keith Hill
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will publish an analysis of the responses to the consultation paper, along with our proposals for taking this matter forward, as soon as it is practicable to do so.

§ Mr. Love
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many respondents to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions",(a) supported and (b) opposed each of the four options for the new mechanism to bring private sector empty homes back into use. [164653]

§ Keith Hill
Respondents to the consultation paper were asked to indicate which option, or combination of options, they preferred in respect of a proposed power to enable local authorities to take temporary management control of empty homes. The options were as follows:

Option 1—Leasing to remain a voluntary option;

Option 2—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to the physical condition of properties;

Option 3—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to housing need;

Option 4—Empty Homes Management Orders linked to the physical condition of properties and housing need.

Of the 134 responses received to the consultation paper, 115 answered this question. The responses, according to the options preferred, are summarised as follows:

Option 1—one respondent

Option 2–11 respondents

Option 3–19 respondents

Option 4–30 respondents

Options 2 and 3–42 respondents

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Options 3 and 4—three respondents

Options 2,3,4—four respondents

Options 1,2,3,4—one respondent

In addition, four respondents said that they preferred none of the options.

§ Mr. Love
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library copies of the responses to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: temporary management, lasting solutions".[164654]

§ Keith Hill
Copies of the responses to the consultation paper have been made available in the Library of the Houses.

§ Mr. Love
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the respondents to his consultation paper, "Empty Homes: Temporary Management, Lasting Solutions". [164655]

§ Keith Hill
Where respondents to the consultation paper provided their name and (where appropriate) the name of the organisation they represented, the information is listed as follows.
Respondents to consultation paper "Empty Homes: Temporary Management, Lasting Solutions"

Pat Smith, Sevenoaks District Council

Karen Cregan, Spelthorne, Borough Council

Isobel Panton, Kennet District Council

Gordon Partridge, Breckland District Council

Tim Clarke, Ipswich Borough Council

Elicia Kimber, South Oxfordshire District Council

Rachel Shalan, Herts, Beds and Bucks Empty Homes Forum

Nigel Kersey, CPRE London

Elizabeth Wrigley, Core Connections

Pardeep Singh, Leicester County Council

John Littlemore, Tonbridge and Mailing Borough Council

Bradford District Tenants and Residents Federation

Steve Hawksworth, Telford and Wrekin Borough Council

Jo and Jonathan Ellis

Gwyneth Taylor, Local Government Association

Alison Whiteley, Rushmoor Borough Council

S. J. Melinek

Lisa Wilson, Gateshead Council

Paul Thomson, Bolton At Home

Sadhu Chahal, Swindon Borough Council

Helen Turner, London Borough of Barnet

Tiffany Kearton, Westminster Housing Co-Op

David Firth, Selby District Council

Jim Nolan, Epping Forest District Council

Tara Bradley, Homeless Link

Emma Kumar, Brighton and Hove District Council

Paul Copeland, Wandsworth Council

Dominic Towey, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Sue Questier, Hunts District Council

Nick Davies, London Borough of Brent

Craig Jane, Horizon Housing Group

Sarah Johnson, Colchester Borough Council

Tess Donovan, South Gloucester Council

Joanne Murray, Short-Life Housing

Michael Yeo, Torbay Council

Helen Carlyle, Bath and North East Somerset Council

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Helen Caves, Coventry Council

Steven Mcgovern, Mid Sussex District Council

Vicki Dubury, Thanet Council

Jack Dromey, Transport and General Workers Union

Bill Field, Liverpool Council

Martin Parsons, Bromley Council

David Ireland, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Richard Farr, Brentwood Borough Council

Dr. Mark Kleinman, Greater London Authority

Allison Hudson, Stroud District Council

Jane Mcevoy, Luton Borough Council

Peter Bolton King, National Association of Estate Agents

Nick Caprara, London Borough of Harrow

Stephen Edmonds, Darlington Borough Council

David Gibbens, Exeter City Council

Christine Jacobs, London Borough of Lambeth

Dave Chetwyn, Institute of Historic Building Conservation

Ruth Newman, London Borough of Camden

Ian Radcliffe, Corby Borough Council

Carl Price, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Deborah Garvie, Shelter

Anastacia Mulenga, Association of London Government

Pat Taylor, Worthing Borough Council

Liz King, Yorkshire And Humberside Empty Properties Forum

Phil Garland, Swale Borough Council

Anna Ring, British Property Federation

Andrew Dench, Housing Corporation

Richard Price, National Federation of Residential Landlords

Val Dobbs, East Lindsey District Council

Jackie Bennett, Council of Mortgage Lenders

Lorraine Edmondson, Northampton Borough Council

Martin Calvert, Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Paul Stamp, City of York Council

Keith Broxup, Southwark Council

Stephen Clarke, Haringey Council

Richard Parkin, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

James Johnson, East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Tracey Slater, Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Paul Smith, Phoenix Community Housing Co-Operative

Billy Hughes, New Forest District Council

Joanne Craik, South Holland District Council

Phil Toal, Sunderland Housing Group

Dave Adams, Portsmouth City Council

Harry Quarrell, Wycombe District Council

Maggie Jones, Unison

Jenny Harris, National Housing Federation

Jane Mcinerney, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

Louise Waring, Royal Town Planning Institute

Derek Welsh, Sunderland City Council

Dan Lucas, Nottingham City Council

Simon Latham, London Borough of Sutton

Bob Osborne, Salford City Council

Alan Savery, Borough of Basingstoke and Deane

Vicki Harris

Jeff Maslen, London Borough of Hillingdon

Dave Carter, London Borough of Enfield

Rachel Shalan, Mid Beds District Council

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Erika Grunert, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Lanek Banga, London Borough of Newham

Alison Harrison

Vicki Dubury, Kent Empty Property Officer Forum

Duncan Stone, Guildford Borough Council

Helen Page, Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council

Oliver Foster, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Phil Baker, Hull County Council

Sarah May

James Macdonald, Sanford Housing Co-Op

Cathy Hadfield, Kerner District Council

Cllr Elizabeth Cartwright, East Hampshire District Council

Sue Cullip, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Mark Gibson, Chartered Institute of Housing

Peter Gaimster, Sussex Empty Homes Forum

Mary Cooch

Andrew Griffiths, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Wasyl Wolczuk, Gloucester City Council

Rob Pearce, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Keith Gunner, Southampton City Council

Anthony Spencer, Westminster Housing Co-operative

Susan Horrobin, Dover District Council

Graham Rosenberg

Alex Dinsdale, Countryside Alliance

Sarah Ingamells, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Claire James, Herefordshire Council

Edmee Elias, London Borough of Croydon

Michael Walsh, Birmingham City Council

Alison Thomas, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Chris Galley, Sheffield Metropolitan District Council

Trevor Sennett

Jeremy Mason, Derby City Council

Keith Gunner and Julia Potter, Strategic Officers

Housing Group and Empty Property Forum

Mary Stribling, Eastleigh Borough Council

Peter Gaimster, Eastbourne Borough Council

Nick Caprara, National Association of Empty

Property Practitioners

City of Westminster

Empty Homes Agency.