§ Mr. Crowtherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ensure that the housing investment programme allocations for 1981–82 exceed those of the current year to an extent which will allow expenditure on house improvements to be restored to its 1979–80 level in real terms.
§ Mr. StanleyThe level of housing investment programme allocations for 1981–82 has not yet been decided. However, in 1981–82 authorities will be given allocations in a single block for capital expenditure on their whole range of services. They will also be able to increase their allocations by an amount determined on the basis of their capital receipts. Within that framework it will
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§ Mr. KingThe figures for each of the years since 1960 are set out below:
be for each authority to decide what amount it spends on improvement.