§ 39. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost to the Exchequer of improvement grants to private landlords in the latest available 12 months.
§ Mr. ChannonGrants paid to private owners during the 12 months ended 30th September, 1972, amounted to about £52 million. Information about the split of grants paid between owner-occupiers and landlords is not obtained from local authorities, but for numbers of grants approved it is about two to one. The Government bear three-quarters of the 209W cost of each grant outside assisted areas and nine-tenths inside these areas, but the amount of the Government contribution is not known until after the local authorities have submitted claims for the financial year concerned.