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No, my Lords, I do not agree, because this review is complementary to the first Barker report, which was indeed on housing supply. It will do something that we have needed to do for some time, as it will show how the planning system can respond to wider economic challenges. We need, for example, to be able to predict where land will be needed for future employment and enterprise, how planning can help to deliver that, how that impacts on economic growth and where the new jobs and skills will need to be. It will have an important and beneficial impact on the way in which we collect and use evidence for better-informed policies and more productivity in future.
No, my Lords, I do not agree, because this review is complementary to the first Barker report, which was indeed on housing supply. It will do something that we have needed to do for some time, as it will show how the planning system can respond to wider economic challenges. We need, for example, to be able to predict where land will be needed for future employment and enterprise, how planning can help to deliver that, how that impacts on economic growth and where the new jobs and skills will need to be. It will have an important and beneficial impact on the way in which we collect and use evidence for better-informed policies and more productivity in future.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister not agree that to review planning policy some 12 months after the 2004 Act came into force is, to say the least, premature? Does she accept that the uncertainty caused by constant review adds nothing to the quality of the planning service but indeed puts extra pressure on a service that is struggling to deliver the Government’s house-building agenda?
Subjects
Planning; Reviews
Date
9 May 2006
Reference
681 c770
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, it was not a Treasury-run committee; it was jointly commissioned by the then ODPM and the Treasury. Both departments actively support it, and we will take account of its recommendations when it makes its final report in December to the best benefit of the planning system.
My Lords, it was not a Treasury-run committee; it was jointly commissioned by the then ODPM and the Treasury. Both departments actively support it, and we will take account of its recommendations when it makes its final report in December to the best benefit of the planning system.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Hanham
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, why was this a Treasury-led initiative? Will the results of the Barker report form part of the local government White Paper when it appears in July? Will the Government make sure that the powers of local planning authorities will not be diluted as a result?
Subjects
Planning; Reviews
Date
9 May 2006
Reference
681 c770
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Yes, my Lords, I am delighted to do so. I am pleased that the Department for Communities and Local Government is launching itself today. At the heart of the planning system is the need to plan for sustainable communities, and at the heart of sustainable communities are cohesive communities. The tasks that we have been given which used to belong to the Home Office are, for example, to promote community cohesion, equality, respect and many other aspects of community development. Those sit well alongside our responsibilities for housing, planning, urban regeneration and local government. That will meet the need in our local communities for leadership that recognises that decent homes, a safe neighbourhood and giving people more influence over their lives all fit together.
Yes, my Lords, I am delighted to do so. I am pleased that the Department for Communities and Local Government is launching itself today. At the heart of the planning system is the need to plan for sustainable communities, and at the heart of sustainable communities are cohesive communities. The tasks that we have been given which used to belong to the Home Office are, for example, to promote community cohesion, equality, respect and many other aspects of community development. Those sit well alongside our responsibilities for housing, planning, urban regeneration and local government. That will meet the need in our local communities for leadership that recognises that decent homes, a safe neighbourhood and giving people more influence over their lives all fit together.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Berkeley
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, my noble friend deserves some congratulations, first on staying in her post and secondly on getting some extra responsibility from the Home Office for promoting community cohesion and equality. Can she say how that fits in with the planning process and how each part can enhance the other in the new department?
Subjects
Planning; Reviews
Date
9 May 2006
Reference
681 c770
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the review that we have asked Kate Barker to conduct will consider how land use planning policy procedures in England can better deliver economic growth and prosperity alongside other sustainable development goals. The full terms of reference were set out in the Government’s 2005 Pre-Budget Report.
My Lords, the review that we have asked Kate Barker to conduct will consider how land use planning policy procedures in England can better deliver economic growth and prosperity alongside other sustainable development goals. The full terms of reference were set out in the Government’s 2005 Pre-Budget Report.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
What are the parameters of the second Barker review of the planning system.
Subjects
Planning; Reviews
Date
9 May 2006
Reference
681 c769
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
What are the parameters of the second Barker review of the planning system.
What are the parameters of the second Barker review of the planning system.
Asked by
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
9 May 2006
Answered on
9 May 2006
My Lords, the review that we have asked Kate Barker to conduct will consider how land use planning policy procedures in England can better deliver economic growth and prosperity alongside other sustainable development goals. The full terms of reference were set out in the Government’s 2005 Pre-Budget Report.
Subjects
Planning; Reviews
Date
9 May 2006
Reference
681 c769
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Yes, my Lords, I am delighted to pay tribute not only to the campaign groups which have worked incredibly tenaciously to bring this about, but to the campaign that has been waged in this House, not least by my noble friend. She is absolutely right that it is an excellent start. We did what we could do to meet the most pressing need. The rest of the report makes wide-ranging recommendations, which we will be looking at in the context of what else we can do for people with disabilities who cannot afford to access what they need. Early in the new year, we will bring forward a consultation paper that addresses those issues and how we intend to proceed.
Yes, my Lords, I am delighted to pay tribute not only to the campaign groups which have worked incredibly tenaciously to bring this about, but to the campaign that has been waged in this House, not least by my noble friend. She is absolutely right that it is an excellent start. We did what we could do to meet the most pressing need. The rest of the report makes wide-ranging recommendations, which we will be looking at in the context of what else we can do for people with disabilities who cannot afford to access what they need. Early in the new year, we will bring forward a consultation paper that addresses those issues and how we intend to proceed.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Wilkins
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I am delighted to thank my noble friend the Minister for that very welcome reply and for her concern, tenacity and supreme skill in having brought about this step. It will bring enormous relief to thousands of families who cannot afford to adapt their homes and will enable their children to fulfil their potential.
Does the Minister agree with me that a warm tribute is due to Brendan McKeever and Ginni Shaw of Homes Fit for Children and Caroline Gordon of Mencap, among many others, for their long campaign on this issue? Does she also agree that, while the abolition of the means test is extremely welcome, it will meet only the tip of the iceberg of need and that a great amount of work still needs to be done to adapt our housing stock to meet the needs of disabled people?
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1300
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the right reverend Prelate is absolutely right. Essentially, the point of the disabled facilities grant is to make the home accessible to the child. That is a fundamental human right. Many such children have had to be carried upstairs to a bathroom, sometimes on the back of a frail mother. So we are making a very simple provision accessible on a very human basis.
My Lords, the right reverend Prelate is absolutely right. Essentially, the point of the disabled facilities grant is to make the home accessible to the child. That is a fundamental human right. Many such children have had to be carried upstairs to a bathroom, sometimes on the back of a frail mother. So we are making a very simple provision accessible on a very human basis.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Bishop of Chelmsford
(Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, the Minister’s announcement this morning is very welcome, but does she accept that children and young people with disabilities show remarkable courage, often in the face of very difficult circumstances? Does that not lay upon all of us a high moral responsibility to ensure that the best resources are made available to such children and young people and to their families? Is that not the moral undergirding that really lies behind these moves?
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1301-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I can give that assurance. The bodies that work in this field have an enormous range of expertise about individual families and the complexities and difficulties that they face, and we need to know about that. It gives me pleasure this morning to know that we have the prospect of about 500 additional severely disabled children per year being helped through the system in ways that they could not have been helped before because their families had incomes that were too high.
My Lords, I can give that assurance. The bodies that work in this field have an enormous range of expertise about individual families and the complexities and difficulties that they face, and we need to know about that. It gives me pleasure this morning to know that we have the prospect of about 500 additional severely disabled children per year being helped through the system in ways that they could not have been helped before because their families had incomes that were too high.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Turner of Camden
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her statement this morning. I am sure that the consultation will be wide. Can she assure me that those NGOs that work particularly for children such as Save the Children—of which I was a one-time council member—and the Children’s Society will be included in any consultation that takes place?
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1301
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the Bristol report undertook major research that looked at a large number of people in complex situations. We received the report in August. We are looking across government in a cross-departmental review. There are a wide range of issues, as the noble Lord will understand, not least involving the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills. We have a comprehensive report that will allow us to establish priorities and will allow us to move forward swiftly, knowing full well the implications of what we prioritise.
My Lords, the Bristol report undertook major research that looked at a large number of people in complex situations. We received the report in August. We are looking across government in a cross-departmental review. There are a wide range of issues, as the noble Lord will understand, not least involving the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills. We have a comprehensive report that will allow us to establish priorities and will allow us to move forward swiftly, knowing full well the implications of what we prioritise.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, the announcement that the Minister has made is obviously extremely welcome, especially for those families with disabled children who need to adapt their houses and flats to give them a better quality of life. On the further review, the Minister’s colleague Yvette Cooper, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, said in a Written Answer on 14 March that the review would report to Ministers in May and that would be followed by a consultation, which normally in this day and age seems to take about six weeks. It is now almost November, but as I understand it we are only about to have the consultation on the report. Why is that?
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1300-1
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, that is a reasonable question. The delays in the system have exercised us very much, and they continue to do so because they are unacceptable. The Bristol report calls for a separate fast track system for some items with less bureaucracy, and we will be looking at that. We will also be looking at what we can do in the interim to spread good practice, because some local authorities are much better than others. We have produced tripartite guidance, which we need to know is being implemented. We are putting more money into the system, which will also speed things up. We have removed the means test, which means that local authorities can concentrate on other cases and they will not be involved in complex assessments in the way that they have been. The number of occupational therapists, which has been an issue, is getting better and there has been a drop in the number of vacancies. Things are looking more positive.
My Lords, that is a reasonable question. The delays in the system have exercised us very much, and they continue to do so because they are unacceptable. The Bristol report calls for a separate fast track system for some items with less bureaucracy, and we will be looking at that. We will also be looking at what we can do in the interim to spread good practice, because some local authorities are much better than others. We have produced tripartite guidance, which we need to know is being implemented. We are putting more money into the system, which will also speed things up. We have removed the means test, which means that local authorities can concentrate on other cases and they will not be involved in complex assessments in the way that they have been. The number of occupational therapists, which has been an issue, is getting better and there has been a drop in the number of vacancies. Things are looking more positive.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Addington
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on announcing that positive news. Does she agree that the devil may well be in the detail? Can the Government give us some information about what work is being done to deal with the backlog of cases? What studies have been done to establish the necessary level of training for the staff who will be implementing the scheme? We need to ensure that the backlog will be reduced over time and will not occur again in the future.
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1301
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, as part of this review a report by Bristol University has been prepared with wide-ranging recommendations for change. In particular, the report recommends that the DFG means test should be removed for families with a disabled child and the Government have agreed to implement this change in England from December this year.
Written statements about progress with the DFG review are being laid today in both Houses and the Bristol report will be published tomorrow.
My Lords, as part of this review a report by Bristol University has been prepared with wide-ranging recommendations for change. In particular, the report recommends that the DFG means test should be removed for families with a disabled child and the Government have agreed to implement this change in England from December this year.
Written statements about progress with the DFG review are being laid today in both Houses and the Bristol report will be published tomorrow.
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Wilkins
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
What progress they have made on the review of the disabled facilities grant.
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1299-300
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
What progress they have made on the review of the disabled facilities grant.
What progress they have made on the review of the disabled facilities grant.
Asked by
Baroness Wilkins
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
27 October 2005
Answered on
27 October 2005
My Lords, as part of this review a report by Bristol University has been prepared with wide-ranging recommendations for change. In particular, the report recommends that the DFG means test should be removed for families with a disabled child and the Government have agreed to implement this change in England from December this year.
Written statements about progress with the DFG review are being laid today in both Houses and the Bristol report will be published tomorrow.
Subjects
Disability; Disability aids; Disabled facilities grants; Grants; Housing improvement; Reviews
Date
27 October 2005
Reference
674 c1299-300
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Whether they are considering a further review of local government.
Whether they are considering a further review of local government.
Asked by
Lord Smith of Leigh
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
14 June 2005
At present there are no plans to carry out a further review of local government in England—the Government are, however, aware that there is some interest in unitary local government and will listen carefully to the debate.
Subjects
Local government; Reviews
Date
14 June 2005
Reference
298; 672 c116WA
House
House of Lords