HC Deb 24 May 2002 vol 386 cc619-20W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in which areas the housing pilots for lone parents under 18 years of age will be sited; who is running each of the pilots; how much the pilots have cost so far; what form the evaluation of the pilots will take; and when the pilots are due to finish. [58765]

Ms Keeble

The table below provides the information requested on the housing pilots for teenage parents under 18 being funded through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme an Supported Housing Management Grant.

Teenage Pregnancy Pilot Schemes
Registered Social Landlord Area Approved Development Programme (capital) spend to date Supported Housing Management Grant (revenue) spend to date
Metropolitan HA Brixton, Lambeth 141,050 0
Nottingham
Community HA Nottingham 87,500 6,454
Tuntum HA Nottingham 130,000 37,002
West Penine HA Oldham 265,042 18,991
Bromford
Carinthia HA Stoke on Trent 165,000 0
Bromford
Carinthia HA Sandwell 0 17,006
Bromford
Carinthia HA Sandwell 171,600 0

The Department will shortly commission research to monitor and evaluate the Approved Development Programme pilots for teenage mothers and supported accommodation provision funded through the Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund. The research will track the users of the supported accommodation, assess how well it meets their requirements and support needs, and how successful they are in achieving independence when they are ready to move on. The research will also assess the success of the schemes in terms of outcomes achieved, relative to their cost.

We anticipate that these schemes will lose their pilot status on completion of the evaluation study in December 2003.