§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the amount of repair grant provided to house owners for each year after 1978–79; and what is the sum likely to be in the year 1983–84.
§ Sir George YoungFollowing are the values of repair grants completed each year, excluding grants to tenants which were introduced in December 1980.
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Repair grants completed, England Amount paid to owners £ million 1978–79 0.2 1979–80 0.2
£ million 1980–81 0.5 1981–82 11.2 * 1982–83 95.6 * Provisional. My Department has made no independent estimate of likely expenditure 1983–84, but, on the basis of local authority returns, total home improvement grant expenditure is expected to be of the order of £650 million, of which over £250 million is likely to be for repair grants.