HL Deb 25 February 2003 vol 645 cc30-2WA
Baroness Byford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

(a) which organisations were successful in bidding for a part of the starter home initiative funds of £250 million announced in April 2000; (b) how many homes have been built so far; (c) how many of those are in rural areas; (d) what proportion of the total build has used hitherto empty homes; and (e) what proportion of the total has been built on brownfield sites. [HL1638]

Lord Rooker

The list of successful bidders for starter home initiative funding is set out below:

  • Airways Housing Group
  • Aldwyck Housing Association
  • Angevin Specialist Homes
  • Apex Housing Group
  • Beacon Housing Association
  • Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association
  • Boleyn & Forest Housing Association
    • WA 31
  • Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire District Council in conjunction with Knightstone and Sovereign Housing Associations
  • Bromford Housing Group
  • Bush Housing Association
  • Cambridgeshire Employers' Consortium in conjunction with Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association (the HA will manage the scheme)
  • Chiltern Hundreds Housing Association
  • Cotswold District Council
  • Devon and Cornwall Housing Association
  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in conjunction with St Pancras Housing Association (the HA will manage the scheme)
  • East Sussex local authorities in conjunction with Moat Housing Association (Moat HA will run the scheme)
  • Guildford Borough Council
  • Hampshire County Council (Swaythling HA will manage the scheme)
  • Hampshire Voluntary Housing Society
  • Keys to the Capital Consortium (comprises Tower Homes, Metropolitan Home Ownership, Notting Hill Home Ownership and Boleyn & Forest Housing)
  • Knightstone Housing Society
  • London Cyrenians Housing
  • Maidenhead & District Housing Association
  • Merlion Housing Group
  • Metropolitan Home Ownership
  • Midsummer Housing Association
  • Moat Housing Association
  • Mount Green Housing Association
  • Northcote Housing Association
  • Notting Hill Home Ownership (NHHO)
  • Oakfern Housing
    • WA 32
  • Pan Oxford Healthcare Partnership (Northcote HA will manage the scheme)
  • Peabody Trust
  • Raglan Housing Association
  • Ridgehill Housing Association
  • St George plc (NHHO will manage the scheme)
  • Sarsen Housing Association
  • Servite Homes
  • Signpost Housing Association
  • Soha Housing
  • Southampton City Council (Swaythling HA will manage the scheme)
  • Southern Housing Home Ownership
  • Sovereign Housing Association
  • Sutherland Housing Association
  • Swaythling Housing Association
  • Swindon Borough Council (Sarsen HA will manage the scheme)
  • Taywood Homes Ltd (in partnership with Chelmsford Borough Council to manage the scheme)
  • Taywood Homes Ltd (Genesis Housing Group will manage the scheme)
  • Thames Valley Housing Association
  • Touchstone Housing Association Tower Homes
  • Town and Country Housing Group
  • Unitary Ltd (in partnership with Peabody Trust)
  • Wandsworth Council (NHHO will manage the scheme)
  • Western Challenge Housing Association

Of the 2011 key workers helped by the starter home initiative as at 31 January 2003, around 200 purchased new build homes. Of these 20 are in local authorities with rural districts.

Details of schemes utilising hitherto empty homes or brownfield sites are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.