§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the housing investment programmes for the current financial year of the six largest metropolitan districts; what they were for the last financial year; and whether, if there are any shortfalls from that year, these can be carried over and transferred to the current programme.
§ The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Elton)The six largest (by population) metropolitan districts and their housing investment programme allocations for 1984–85 and 1985–86 are listed below:
£000 1984–85 1985–86 1. Birmingham 66,894 62,207 2. Leeds 29,016 24,826 3. Sheffield 25,655 21,643 4. Liverpool 38,499 31,000 5. Bradford 19,045 16,128 6. Manchester 40,499 36,050 If an authority underspends its total capital allocation for 1984–85 for all services, it may carry forward into 1985–86 up to 10 per cent. of its total capital allocation for 1985–86.