Housing Investment Programme

HC Deb 31 January 1986 vol 90 cc651-2W

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much of the housing investment programme has been allocated to the London borough of Lambeth for 1986–87 in respect of the ex-Greater London council housing stock in that borough;

(2) how the liabilities inherited by the London boroughs from the Greater London council have been taken into account in the determination of the housing investment programme allocations for 1986–87.

Sir George Young

The allocations to boroughs took full account of the boroughs' bids and of estimates made by the GLC of liabilities for 1986–87 and the balance of the renovation programme.

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the share of national housing resources which will be available to London local authorities in 1986–87 from housing investment programme and capital receipts; and how this compares with the resources available in 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86;

(2) whether he will give the housing investment programme allocations for each of the years 1979–80 to 1986–87 (a) for London, (b) for inner London boroughs, (c) for London as a proportion of the national housing investment programme, (d) for inner London boroughs as a proportion of the national investment programme and the prescribed proportion of housing capital receipts for each of those years (i) in London, (ii) in inner London boroughs, (iii) in London, as a proportion of national housing capital receipts and (iv) in inner London, as a proportion of national housing capital receipts.

Sir George Young

The HIP allocations were as follows:

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
	London	Inner London	London	Inner London
	£ million	£ million	per cent	per cent
1979–80	887	458	34.9	18.0
1980–81	769	417	34.9	18.9
1981–82	552	308	30.8	17.2

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
	London	Inner London	London	Inner London
	£ million	£ million	per cent	per cent
1982–83	632	389	28.8	17.7
1983–84	596	350	26.7	15.7
1984–85	560	331	30.2	17.9
1985–86*	483	286	30.3	18.0
1986–87*	430	305	30.5	21.6
* Figures for 1985–86 and 1986–87 are initial allocations.

The prescribed proportions of housing capital receipts reported by authorities were as follows:

	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)
	London	Inner London	London	Inner London
			Per cent	Per cent
1979–80	0	0	—	—
1980–81	0	0	—	—
1981–82	133	51	26	10
1982–83	215	80	23	9
1983–84	183	51	20	6
1984–85	215	88	28	12
1985–86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1986–87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Authorities may increase the spending power of allocations each year by the prescribed proportion of accumulated unused and current year capital receipts. Detailed estimates of accumulated receipts are not at present available.