Communities and Local Government's departmental annual report 2009, and the performance of the Department in 2008-09

Communities and Local Government's departmental annual report 2009, and the performance of the Department in 2008-09
Title Communities and Local Government's departmental annual report 2009, and the performance of the Department in 2008-09 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 196
Release 2010-03-05
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215544360

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Incorporating HC 1038-i-ii, session 2008-09. The DCLG departmental annual report 2009 was published as Cm. 7598 (ISBN 9780101759823)

Work of the Committee In 2008-09

Work of the Committee In 2008-09
Title Work of the Committee In 2008-09 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 48
Release 2009
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215542830

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work of the Committee In 2008-09 : First report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal Minutes

Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008

Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008
Title Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2008 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 150
Release 2009
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215526601

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In its report of last year on the Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2007 (HC 170, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215037978) the Committee commented on the particular nature of the Department's work: on its unusual reliance for the achievement of the goals Government has set it on a plethora of other Departments, agencies, non-departmental bodies, local authorities and other stakeholders; on the long, devolved delivery chains by which those goals therefore have to be delivered; and on the skills of influence, brokering and negotiation which are required to achieve them. In this Report the Committee assesses the progress made since last. The most recent Cabinet Office Capability Review concludes that there has been a positive "direction of travel" for CLG in that period, but the Committee concludes that there is still some way to go before CLG can be said to be performing at the highest achievable level of effectiveness. The Department's overall performance against its Public Service Agreement targets is likewise moving in the right direction but still short of full effectiveness. Achievement of efficiency targets is applauded. Finally, the report considers examples of particular policies which highlight some of the Department's strengths and weaknesses, and follow up some issues in earlier inquiries. These issues include: eco-towns; the Decent Homes programme; Home Information Packs; Fire Service response times; Firebuy; the FiReControl programme. The report also considers the Department's response to the serious flooding of summer 2007, and to the reviews which followed; and the mismanagement of European Regional Development Fund monies.

Preventing violent extremism

Preventing violent extremism
Title Preventing violent extremism PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 314
Release 2010-03-30
Genre Law
ISBN 9780215545466

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This report from the Communities and Local Government Committee (HCP 65, session 2009-10, ISBN 9780215545466) looks at "Preventing violent extremism". For the Committee, as delivered so far the Prevent programme has stigmatised and alienated those it is most important to engage, and tainted many positive community cohesion projects. Moreover, the government's strategy to limit the development of violent extremism in the UK sits poorly within a counter-terrorism strategy. The Committee has set out a number of improvements for the Prevent programme and calls on the government to clarify urgently how information collected for the purposes of project monitoring and community mapping under Prevent does not constitute 'spying' or 'intelligence gathering' of the type undertaken by the police or security services.

FiReControl

FiReControl
Title FiReControl PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 196
Release 2010
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9780215553300

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The Government's programme to replace 46 local fire and rescue service control rooms with nine purpose-built regional control centres has been inadequately planned, poorly executed, and badly managed. Given the investment of public funds already committed, and the benefits that will accrue, the MPs conclude that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) should press ahead with the FireControl project so long as Ministers can agree urgently a viable project plan that will see the project go live by a target date of mid-2011 and in which the main stakeholders can have confidence. The excessive cost of abandoning the project - an extra £8 million more than it will cost to complete - indicates the Department should continue with the project so long as it also: examines alternatives and provides assurances that FiReControl represents the best viable option for the future of Fire and Rescue Services; resolves its contractual dispute with EADS and implements a viable project plan; addresses the shortcomings in its management of the project; consults fully with FRS staff and professionals to define end-user requirements; provides assurances that the safety and security of the Olympic Games will not be compromised by the roll-out of new Regional Control Centres. DCLG should urgently to draw up and consult on contingency plans for any further failures in the FiReControl programme to ensure ongoing safe and effective fire and rescue services cover across the whole country.

Sessional returns

Sessional returns
Title Sessional returns PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 256
Release 2010-07-27
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780215554451

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On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees

Beyond decent homes

Beyond decent homes
Title Beyond decent homes PDF eBook
Author Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher The Stationery Office
Pages 116
Release 2010-03-23
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780215544988

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The £40bn Decent Homes Programme has had a positive effect on the living conditions of most social housing tenants, this report finds, but the Government has failed to invest enough resources in the parallel programme to improve homes occupied by vulnerable people in the private sector. The Government must also clarify future funding: it is still unclear how the elimination of the remaining backlog of disrepair (around 3 per cent of social homes) will be funded; and how much will be available to maintain standards in the future. The Government must prevent another backlog of disrepair from building up after the current programme comes to an end in 2010. Carbon emissions reduction targets mean that the entire UK housing stock must be made more energy efficient. The decent homes standard has an important part to play and should be updated to enable this. The use of arm's-length management organisations (ALMOs) to manage council housing has led to improved standards and better planning, though not all councils were able to follow this model. The decent homes standard remains a low benchmark, however. The target for decency applied to private housing should be retained and strengthened by creating a National Indicator for private sector accommodation. A clear long term target should be set at a national level to bring all private sector homes (not just those occupied by vulnerable people) up to the decent homes standard.