§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what information his Department has collated on the proportion of former council tenants who purchased a property on the open market with the aid of a cash incentive scheme grant and who were subsequently unable to maintain their mortgage payments; [44464]
(2) what proportions of local authority properties released for letting as a result of the cash incentive scheme in each Government office region in each of the past four years were let to (a) a homeless household, (b) a transfer applicant and (c) a waiting list applicant. [44462]
§ Ms KeebleForty six local authorities have been running cash incentive schemes in 2001–02. The detailed information requested is not available centrally.
§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will commission research to update the Review of the Cash Incentive Scheme 1994–97. [44463]
§ Ms KeebleTwo substantial research programmes have already been carried out into the Cash Incentive Scheme. Both showed that Cash Incentive Schemes could play a valuable part in freeing up council housing for households in housing need and in supporting moves into home ownership. We have no plans at present for any further research work on these Schemes.
§ Dr. IddonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the banding status of local housing authorities since performance bandings in the Housing Investment Programme were first introduced. [43025]
§ Ms KeebleI am arranging for a copy of a table showing the performance banding assessments for all housing authorities given in the annual Housing Investment Programme exercise since these were first published in 1997 to be placed in the Libraries of the House. Six authorities—Bolton, Derby, Ipswich, New Forest, Portsmouth and Southampton—have been assessed in the top performance band in each of the five years.
§ Mr. HopkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the average management costs are for large scale voluntary transfer housing associations in the most recent year for which figures are available. [46370]
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