§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress is being made with implementing the national mobility scheme.
§ Mr. StanleyThe national mobility scheme comes into being tomorrow. It will be open to the tenants and people high on waiting lists of all participating local authorities, new town development corporations and housing associations, who need to move to a different area for employment or social reasons. Other people with a pressing need to move will also be able to apply. Leaflets describing the scheme will be available from local authority housing departments, jobcentres and elsewhere. The scheme is described in a paper entitled "National Mobility Scheme: Its Objectives, Principles, Outline Procedures and Management", copies of which I have placed in the Library.