(2) how much (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) its predecessors have paid to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in each of the last five years; how much she has allocated in each of the next three years; and what services have been received from CABE.
The predecessor bodies for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) were English Partnerships (EP), the investment arm of the Housing Corporation (HC), and the Academy for Sustainable Communities. A range of departmental programmes also transferred to the Agency from Communities and Local Government.
The Academy, EP, HC and now the HCA have all worked with the Commission of Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). The detail of all engagement, including studies and reviews and money paid to CABE in the last five years is given as follows:
The HCA has paid £134,590.64 to the Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) for the following services since 1 December, 2008:
Delivery of the HCA Academy's 'Space Leaders' programme.
Work with growth locations to raise awareness about the value of design, and to help embed Building for Life standards within local planning policy documents.
CABE have a Memorandum of Understanding with ATLAS, the HCA's specialist advisory service.
English Partnerships paid CABE, £56,547.68 in 2004/05; £55,000 in 2005-06; £25,000 in 2006-07 and £25,000 in 2007-08 for the following services:
Together with the Housing Corporation, EP co-sponsored European International Design Competition, which CABE manage within the UK.
Work on the production of the Design Codes publication
Partnership working on initiatives such as Building for Life (BfL).
Sitting on the final assessment panel for Design for Manufacture, and the steering group for Urban Design Compendium.
Design reviews for a number of what were EP's direct and indirect projects such as Northstowe, Frickley and Corby station.
Production of the Allerton Bywater Design Code.
Contribution to 'Enquiry by Design' event for Whitefields borough council.
The Housing Corporation paid CABE1, £40,000 in 2004-05; £80,750 in 2005-06; £113,218.50 in 2006-07; £53,828.75 in 2007-08 and £55,106.25 in 2008-09 for the following services:
1 These payments include remunerations for both investment and regulatory work and therefore do not wholly reflect work now undertaken by the HCA.
2006-07
Provision of practical training to Housing Corporation and RSL staff throughout England.
Dissemination of best practice in the housing sector through the BfL Newsletter
Contribution to the work of the Housing Corporation Commission on Affordable Housing in the Thames Gateway.
2007-08
Setting up and running of a series of Focus group meetings with RSLs;
Dissemination of best practice through the BfL Newsletter
Contribution to the development of new Best Practice Guidance.
Europan 9 (see entry for EP above).
Project management of Affordable Housing Survey.
The Academy for Sustainable Communities paid CABE, £30,000 in 2006-07 and £15,000 in 2007-08 for the following services:
Delivery of 'Space Leaders' programme.
There is no overall allocation of funds for CABE within the HCA's planning. CABE's services may be used to provide design advice across the full range of the HCA's programmes over the next three years.