The following table sets out the number of key workers in each category recorded as having purchased a home under the relevant homebuy schemes between April 2006 and March 2009.
Key worker category New build homebuy Open market homebuy Health 1,171 1,820 Education 854 2,105 Community safety 533 1,269 Local authority key workers 146 218 Total 2,704 5,412 Source: The Homes and Communities Agency's Information Management System.
(2) pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 883W, on housing: construction, what timetable has been set for publication of information on the bids received by the Homes and Communities Agency for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme;
(3) pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 883W, on housing: construction, how many bidders for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme have applied for (a) equity and (b) loan investment support;
(4) pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 883W, on housing: construction, how many of the bids received for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme were from (a) arms length management organisations, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private sector developers;
(5) how many applications for support under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme have been received from organisations operating in each region; how many projects such bids relate to; and how much funding organisations in each region have bid for to date under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme;
(6) what the (a) average and (b) total monetary value of grants bid for under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme was.
Information on the bids received by the HCA for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme will be published on the HCA website at the end of July.
The Kickstart Housing Development Programme includes an element of HomeBuy Direct funding. The bidding round was launched on 8 May 2009 and closed on 8 June 2009.
The Kickstart Housing Development Programme has been extended as announced in the Housing Pledge—part of Building Britain’s Future and as a result there will be a further bidding round closing in autumn 2009. Details will be published shortly on the HCA website at:
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/
On the question about average monetary value, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 994-95W.
The average percentage of equity purchased under the social homebuy scheme is 85 per cent. for 2006-07, 89 per cent. for 2007-08 and 84 per cent. for 2008-09.
As at the end of June the Department had spent £4,734,698 on HomeBuy Direct.