§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of council properties standing empty at the present time (a) under the control of Norwich city council and (b) under the control of each district council in Norfolk.
§ Mr. StanleyThe latest available figures are the local authorities' estimates given in their 1981 HIP returns.
Local authority dwellings empty at 1 April 1981 Numbers (a) Norwich 542 (b) Breckland 53 Broadland 0 Great Yarmouth 33 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 79 North Norfolk 14 South Norfolk 10
City of Manchester Housing Subsidy Claims in 1981–82 Prices £ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 *1981–82 Housing Revenue Account Exchequer Subsidy 29.1 25.3 28.4 26.9 30.0 30.4 30.6 16.5 Voluntary Rate Fund Contribution 7.4 18.2 16.1 16.1 22.1 33.1 30.3 33.0 Rent Rebates and Allowances Central Government Contribution 10.1 8.6 9.5 9.7 9.4 8.8 9.0 3.1 Rate Fund Contribution N/A 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 0.4 Slum Clearance Subsidy 4.5 5.7 6.1 5.5 5.4 3.9 4.4 4.5 Improvement and Renovation Grants: Exchequer contributions HRA Dwellings 0.064 0.054 0.039 0.031 0.023 0.02 0.017 N/A Non HRA Dwellings 0.696 0.884 0.802 0.796 1.150 1.175 1.326 1.816 * Provisional figures.